This summer I read the phenomenal @hbdchick "cover to cover" ^_^. Compelling arguments re: history and present. Style hilarious. Follow her!
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@hbdchick BTW, I lay claim to the terms "Hajnalistan"(=territory within H.-line) and "Hajnalification" (=turning a population into WEIRDOs) -
@hbdchick I wanted 2mention website, ?interesting: "Estonian Manors" http://www.mois.ee/english/#manorialism#Estonia#Livland#TeutonicOrder -
@trkiehl oh, brilliant! thank you!#MyWeekendPlanned (~_^) -
@hbdchick Now, what's your take on THIS? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordwestblock … A people with no name. Pre-Franks? Proto-civilized? This where da money is? -
@trkiehl yes, i've seen that before. maybe pre-franks? dunno! the idea remains speculative, but it's still an interesting one! -
@hbdchick Genetics should be abl clarify. Idea plausible that NWB got Germanic upper caste in 2./3. centAD, then whole thing became "Franks" -
@hbdchick This orig. settlement area swampy, lots rivers, need drainage;German Ostsiedlung very strong Flemish/Frisian element, Western plow -
@trkiehl ...for quite a long time into the medieval period: https://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/trees-and-frisians/ … more cattle farmers than anything else. - 2 more replies
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