This has been me all day: Them: British history doesn't include Muslims! Me: Wrong. Here's an English coin from the 8th century with Islamic script on it. Them: Well, uh, that's just because Muslims were economically important to Britain at the time. Me: THEY WERE STILL MUSLIMS!
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http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/prosopon/issue11-1.pdf … This is one of the most tantalising papers I've ever read (found it via
@caitlinrgreen), suggesting that Muslims may have lived in rural England even in the 12th century. And it's only a few pages.2 replies 4 retweets 9 likes -
I was under the impression that the term 'mahumet' was a generic Latin term denoting a Muslim rather than always being a forename. e.g. it appears in the margins of Copernicus when referencing Islamic scholars.
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Not impossible, ofc, though it is used in a context over 5 years to describe a single person, so more credibly the name; also, several ppl in medieval England with this name or 'son of'.
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