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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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
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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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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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Byzantine term was not used by the Eastern Romans, right?
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Nope, they called themselves Roman until the end
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Indeed :)
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A long way to travel for a pyjama party.
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It seems indeed that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Henry IV looks a bit shaky on the right there.
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