Britain, the Byzantine Empire & the Saxon 'Heptarchy': a L9thC Arabic description of Britain http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/04/heptarchy-harun-ibn-yahya.html …pic.twitter.com/y94Zs3zzvF
History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.
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Britain, the Byzantine Empire & the Saxon 'Heptarchy': a L9thC Arabic description of Britain http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/04/heptarchy-harun-ibn-yahya.html …pic.twitter.com/y94Zs3zzvF
The 10thC Persian Hudud al-'Alam also mentions Britain and considers it a land of the Rūm/Byzantines:pic.twitter.com/bm7OgswuiQ
Evidence for Byzantine contact w/ L9th-11thC Winchester+London interesting in above light? https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hqskIWgAaxwC&lpg=PA665&pg=PA665#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/Ia4CqTh6ye
See also the evidence for Greeks living in and visiting 10thC and 11thC England: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V2o0EkM-tYYC&lpg=PA130&pg=PA130#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/fPILPdKT6O
Edward the Confessor's seal w/ Byzantine title basileus; used by English kings in 10th-11thC https://www.academia.edu/2127281/From_Anglorum_basileus_to_Norman_Saint_The_Transformation_of_Edward_the_Confessor …pic.twitter.com/llCVjZfQ7H
An imperial Byzantine seal of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118), found at Torksey, Lincolnshire: https://www.academia.edu/2348343/An_imperial_Byzantine_seal_from_Lincolnshire …pic.twitter.com/uDrkmpoGw4
A Byzantine lead seal issued by the ministry of finance at Constantinople in 1025–1075; found at Queenhithe, London: https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/450992.html …pic.twitter.com/JGeJtxyOFc
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