9thC Danes depicted as Muslims/Saracens & attacking St Edmund, see http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/175330709X449116 … (http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_2278_f061r …)pic.twitter.com/RcsUrYrMUU
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9thC Viking warriors depicted as Muslims, again in the 15thC BL MS Harley 2278, f.98v: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_2278_f098v …pic.twitter.com/7o2yWbJtdF
Of course, worth noting that there is some potential evidence for Viking converts to Islam: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wuN-AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA543&pg=PA543#v=onepage&q&f=true …pic.twitter.com/AQKReA2Nuc
A L9thC Islamic incense burner found in Sweden; currently in Länsmuseet Gävleborg: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wuN-AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA547&pg=PA547#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/awh8jhHGyu
Also interesting is claim that some of Vikings who attacked Seville in 844 stayed+converted: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ij8jCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/z2i36XKQF9
For interest, an account of a mid-9thC Viking raid on Nakur, Morocco, that saw them occupy the city for 8 days:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/743576768007766016 …
I suppose equally strange was the identification of a descendant of Trojan Aeneas as the first King of Britain.
And, of course, in standard history of Britain from 14th–16thC, the 1st inhabitants of Britain were identified thus:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/753947190079344641 …
Even in our mythical roots this nation was engaged in migration! Our society needs to remember but historical memory can be so ideological.
Fascinating! Gives a potent reminder that race in the Middle Ages is a very different concept indeed
Very true! :)
Interesting. I seem to recall that Spanish sources at the time of the Armada referred to reformed English churches as "mosques."
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