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#medieval #race #literature #medievaltwitterhttps://twitter.com/ZephonSacriel/status/893563227912777729 …
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@caitlinrgreen Curious, do you have any sources about Indians or other Asian peoples in Europe during the Middle Ages?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Yes, a reasonable amount. Here's something from the England's Immigrants project:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/746044641359839232 …
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Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreenReplying to @caitlinrgreenQuick addition from England’s Immigrants 1330-1550: 3 'Indians' recorded from 15thC England https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/search/results?originRegionCombined_untouched_facet=%27India%27&page=1&col1=name&col2=nationality&col3=residence&col4=date&col5=origin&esSort=col1&esSortDir=asc … pic.twitter.com/KxzDjBM0vg1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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There's also this from the 13thC:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/779360283638767616 …
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And, of course, were Mongols in Austria and Hungary in the first half of the 13thC:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/835823660954873859 …
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There were significant numbers of Mongol envoys in Europe & even Britain after this, through into E14thC, see this:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/835585739442245632 …
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Indeed, European churchmen travelled to India, Mongolia+China in this era, with an Archdiocese of Beijing in 14thC: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Montecorvino …
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And, much earlier, Alfred the Great is said to have sent alms to southern India in the 9thC:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/835591810894426112 …
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Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreenReplying to @caitlinrgreenDid King Alfred send alms to the shrines of St Thomas & St Bartholomew in India in 883 AD? http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/07/15/anglo-saxons-in-southern-india/ … & http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_domitian_a_viii_f055v … pic.twitter.com/sbOn6Kn90m1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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Also Viking trade routes that extended into India, with a couple of intriguing Buddhas finding their way north:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/548953257046196224 …
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Once you get back to the 7thC AD and before, even more evidence of course, incl embassy in 1stC AD:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/754777982573707264 …
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Some v early evidence (much too early for you, I fear, but interesting nonetheless!) comes from 4th–3rdC BC Rome :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/754688175738613760 …
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