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Hans Faber

Jul 19, 201942 min read

The Abbey of Egmond and the rise of the Gerulfings

Monk Ecgberht of Ripon was the driving force behind the Christianization of the headstrong heathens of Frisia. From the influential...

Frans Riemersma

Oct 27, 20188 min read

Liudger, the first Frisian apostle

Liudger succeeded where other evangelists failed. He finally managed to convert the pagan Frisians to Christianity, because he “spoke...

Hans Faber

Jul 1, 201833 min read

One of history’s most enlightening hikes. That of Bernlef

This blog post isn't about the West-Frisian writer Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937-2012), whose pen name was Bernlef. Nor is this blog post...

Frans Riemersma

Jun 9, 20186 min read

Finally, King Redbad made his point in the European Commission - via Facebook

“I can not live without the company of my forefathers”, Redbad said in an interview in 718. In 2018 this sentence caused turmoil in the...

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