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Hans Faber
Jul 22, 202017 min read
With the White Rabbit down the Hole
R1b/Hg1/Eu18; R-M213; R-M9; R1b-M45; R-M207; R-M173; R-M343; R-L278; R-L754; R-L389/R1b1a1; R-M415; R-P297/R1b1a1a; R-M269/R1b1a1a2;...
Hans Faber
Jun 19, 202010 min read
Merciless Medieval Merchants and Slavers
Earliest proof of Frisian merchants, or kāpmon in the Old Frisian language, trading in slaves dates from the first half of the seventh...
Frans Riemersma
May 5, 202013 min read
Atlantis found! Wait, there is another one, or 7, wait 12 in total... No, 19!
Frisia could easily claim the title: land of Atlantis. 19 inhabited islands and 244 villages drowned along the old Frisian coast trail...
Hans Faber
Apr 13, 202016 min read
The Batwing Doors of Northwest Europe
“Is seaport Maasvlakte the gateway of north-western Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it Vlaardingen?...
Hans Faber
Mar 25, 202033 min read
Out of averting the inevitable a community was born
On March 25, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was climbing towards its second peak. There was uncertainty about how destructive the...
Hans Faber
Feb 23, 202014 min read
A Theel Acht. What a great idea!
Halfway through the ninth century, Vikings had established a more or less permanent presence in Frisia, in the pagus 'territory' called...
Hans Faber
Feb 16, 202010 min read
Attingahem Bridge, NY
Brooklyn. Named after the charming village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist...
Hans Faber
Feb 11, 202020 min read
Donkey King of the Paulme Game
Rex illiteratus est quasi asinus coronatus , ‘an illiterate king is like a crowned donkey’. Or, if you prefer the alternative...
Hans Faber
Dec 1, 20198 min read
Shipwrecked People of the Salt Marshes
Tidal marshlands and Frisians. A dual entity. The Chauci and the Frisians ( Frisii or Fresones ) had learned to adapt to this...
Hans Faber
Nov 16, 201920 min read
Weladu the Flying Blacksmith. Tracing the Origin of Wayland
Master blacksmith Wayland is well-known from mythology. The blacksmith was kept captive on a small island in the sea and escaped from it...
Hans Faber
Oct 25, 201922 min read
Groove is in the Hearth. Very Superstitious is the Way
The hearth was, in pre- and early-medieval times, the Holy of Holies. The heart of the family. Where you would lay back and groove....
Hans Faber
Sep 23, 201931 min read
Magnus’ Choice. The Origins of the Frisian Freedom
According to medieval legends, around the year 800, Charlemagne and Pope Leo came into conflict with the citizens of Rome. The Pope was...
Hans Faber
Jul 27, 201915 min read
Ornament of the Gods found in a mound of clay
In the year 516, King Hygelac of the Geats, a tribe in (probably) the southeast of Sweden, raided Frisia. Back then, this part of the...
Hans Faber
Jul 21, 201910 min read
Another Brick in the Wall
Who hasn't dined at least once in an '80s Chinese restaurant that carried the name 万里长城 'Great Wall of China'? Certainly you've been at...
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...
Hans Faber
Jan 20, 20197 min read
Know where to find your sweet potato
We retrace our steps back to the sixteenth century. A time the potato was exotic. Nowadays children eat pastas, pizzas, burgers,...
Hans Faber
Jan 13, 201913 min read
We'll drive our ships to new land
In the series Myths of Nations, we disclose to you this time that the Frisians, in fact, didn't come from India, as the old legends tell...
Hans Faber
Nov 11, 201815 min read
You killed a man? That'll be 1 weregeld, please
How to settle the scores in medieval Frisia when you killed someone: the function of a weregeld.
Frans Riemersma
Nov 3, 20183 min read
Take a virtual hike through Zuid-Holland and Utrecht
This blog is a virtual hike. Grab a coffee and go 200 kilometers per hour. When ploughing through piles of research on where the Frisians...
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...
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