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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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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 9

      Wulfric of Lincoln & the English Varangians: the first documented Byzantine ambassador to England in the early 12th century — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/03/wulfric-of-lincoln-byzantine-ambassador.html …pic.twitter.com/v19H2j6h3R

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    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 9

      Wulfric of Lincoln was sent to England by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenus in c. 1100–1117 with gifts for King Henry I & Queen Matilda, but we only know of his embassy by a chance reference to it by a monk of Abingdon Abbey...pic.twitter.com/O5YGXxxU3k

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    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 9

      Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

      As to Wulfric's identity, it seems likely that he was one of the Anglo-Saxon emigrants who had left England for the Byzantine Empire in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest, seehttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/600591529401516032 …

      Dr Caitlin Green added,

      Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
      The medieval 'New England': a forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the Black Sea--new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/medieval-new-england-black-sea.html … pic.twitter.com/SYxXUrw31i
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    4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 9

      Gold coin of the Byzantine emperor Michael VII (1071–8), in whose reign the English Varangians are thought to have arrived in Constantinople; found in North Yorkshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/388886 …pic.twitter.com/iLOeCbdtHx

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    5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 9

      Wulfric of Lincoln was not the only Anglo-Saxon emigrant to take a significant role under the emperor e.g. Goscelin of Canterbury refers to an 'honourable man' from England (probably called Coleman) who did just that in the late 11thC...pic.twitter.com/9lpAGoWSdv

      TEXT: Along with many noble exiles from the fatherland, [he] migrated to Constantinople; he obtained such favour with the Emperor and Empress as well as with other powerful men as to receive command over prominent troops and over a great number of companions...
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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 9

      In addition to the arm of St John Chrysostom that he gave to Abingdon Abbey, Wulfric also brought with him pieces of the True Cross—one was subsequently sent to Reading Abbey & kept 'in a cloth that the emperor of Constantinople sent to Henry the first, king of the English'.

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 10

          Whether the exiled Anglo-Saxon Wulfric visited his hometown of Lincoln when he returned to Norman England as an imperial ambassador after c.1100 is unknown, but an imperial Byzantine seal of Alexios I has been found at Torksey, Lincolnshire: https://www.academia.edu/2348343/An_imperial_Byzantine_seal_from_Lincolnshire …pic.twitter.com/MqGIZZTSwA

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 10

          Incidentally, this post also maps 11th- & 12th-century Byzantine seals and coins in Britain; the two major concentrations are at Winchester and London: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/03/wulfric-of-lincoln-byzantine-ambassador.html …pic.twitter.com/G8cmjgR3Xv

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        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 10

          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/UDVW9Cb94C

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        5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 10

          The seal of Edward the Confessor, d. 1066 — included the Byzantine title basileus, which was intermittently used by the 10th- to 11th-century English kings: https://www.academia.edu/2127281/From_Anglorum_basileus_to_Norman_Saint_The_Transformation_of_Edward_the_Confessor …pic.twitter.com/4IOuAk2o5n

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        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 11

          For Joseph of Canterbury's visit to Constantinople in c. 1090 and his encounter with 'men from his own homeland… who were part of the emperor’s household', see this great blog post by @Pseudo_Isidore.pic.twitter.com/RmF2bQszZW

          "When therefore he arrived there with God's guidance, and asked where the treasury was stored, he found certain men from his own homeland and his own friends, who were part of the emperor's household..."
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        7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 11

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          For some slightly earlier links between Britain and the Byzantine Empire, see https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/721621412037992448 … :)

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          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
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        8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 12

          Worth noting that whilst main influx of 'English Varangians' to Constantinople came in the late 11thC, were probably earlier individual Anglo-Saxons there e.g. this Byzantine seal of c.1030/1040 from Winchester, prob from a Varangian's contract of service: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hqskIWgAaxwC&lpg=PA680&pg=PA680#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/j2UpFgRJVS

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        9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 13

          Disc from a pendant showing the Byzantine empress Theodora Porphyrogenita (1055–56), found nr Hitchin, Hertfordshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/725343 …pic.twitter.com/Ivn1gRM6Zb

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        10. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 16

          Slightly earlier, a silver Byzantine coin of Romanus III (1028–34), gilded & mounted as a pendant; found near Hertford: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/216514 …pic.twitter.com/7RUcR1hdMr

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        11. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 16

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          When the Byzantine Emperor himself actually visited England in 1400–01:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/944889804029874179 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          A Christmas visitor: the Byzantine emperor's trip to London in the winter of 1400–01 — a new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/12/byzantine-emperor-london.html … pic.twitter.com/qATWud988g
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        12. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 22

          An anecdote concerning a fight between Hardigt, a man sent by the Anglo-Saxon emigrants to the Emperor, and some lions at Constantinople, from the Laon chronicle account of Nova Anglia, see http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/03/wulfric-of-lincoln-byzantine-ambassador.html …pic.twitter.com/7ymYUuAeTN

          TEXT: 'the Oriental Angli sent a man called Hardigt to the Emperor. He was reputed to be the strongest of all the Angli, for which reason he was suspect to the Greeks, who cunningly let loose a lion to devour him [which he then defeated]... The Emperor appointed this man leader of all his guards and not long afterwards made him commander of the naval forces'.
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        13. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Apr 4

          Some tombstones of 'English Varangians' were apparently still to be seen at Constantinople in 1865, but were subsequently destroyed: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qocKfNid3SUC&lpg=PA147&pg=PA147#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/Fa5Wjh22EX

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        14. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Sep 9

          A silver Byzantine coin of Isaac I, c.1057–59 AD. Minted at Constantinople and found at Wilby, Suffolk: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/705127 …pic.twitter.com/ROd0stPnu1

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        2. Christopher Howse‏ @BeardyHowse Mar 10
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The arm of St John Chrysostom was no mean gift.

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 10
          Replying to @BeardyHowse

          Indeed! He had to beg permission to give it from the emperor himself...!

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        4. Christopher Howse‏ @BeardyHowse Mar 10
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          I'm afraid Abingdon was rather careless with it. His head seems to be in Moscow.

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        1. Wayne Quigg‏ @wayneq4444 Mar 9
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Most interesting info

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