According to Walter Map in the 12th century, King Henry II of England knew Arabic (via https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0RNbAAAAMAAJ …)pic.twitter.com/5x8fVq1ZAs
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According to Walter Map in the 12th century, King Henry II of England knew Arabic (via https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0RNbAAAAMAAJ …)pic.twitter.com/5x8fVq1ZAs
Interestingly, Henry II's reign is also when a man named Mahumet (Muhammad) seems to have been living & duelling in Wiltshire, 1160–5: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/prosopon/issue11-1.pdf … (image=al-Idrisi's 12thC map of S. England and N. France; note, south is at the top: http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/s/0294d8 …)pic.twitter.com/9ApzaGgG1C
Fwiw, Henry II apparently had 'Saracen mercenaries' in his employ during the 1180s, and his son Richard I was likewise said to have employed 120: https://archive.org/stream/scottishhistoric08edinuoft#page/104/mode/2up … & http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/prosopon/issue11-1.pdf …pic.twitter.com/mfhLrFqNVr
Of course, pretty much every Anglo-Saxon leader in the 5th century traced his genealogy back to Woden. Must have been a busy god.
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