A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
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Re: A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
#2Old link is dead, this seems to be it now:
https://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/medieval-new-england-bl...
Re: A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
#3Although the name 'New England' is now firmly associated with the east coast of America, this is not the first place to be called that.
There's at least one other New England, which in confusing piece of geography is a region within a much larger New South Wales.
Re: A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
#4Yah, but 2015
Re: A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
#5Although the name 'New England' is now firmly associated with the east coast of America, this is not the first place to be called that. There's at least one other New England, which in confusing piece of geography is a region within a much larger New South Wales.
It looks like the one on the Crimea was ‘Nova Anglia’ Or maybe it was Neowe Anglland.
Interesting that they sailed to escape the rule of the defeated king’s brother who it seems promised William to ‘hold the throne’ for him but kind of reneged on that so William went over and conquered it like a conquistador.
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#6Although the name 'New England' is now firmly associated with the east coast of America, this is not the first place to be called that. There's at least one other New England, which in confusing piece of geography is a region within a much larger New South Wales.
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Re: A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
#7I’ve learned recently about the “Ivanhoe Gap” and it’s a very interesting concept to consider.
Re: A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
#8I’ve learned recently about the “Ivanhoe Gap” and it’s a very interesting concept to consider.
For those wondering:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/842...
Re: A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
#9Is there any connection with Crimean Goths? [1,2]
It doesn't make sense that people will migrate from England to Crimea just out of the blue.
It's only make sense if they were already in the Mediterranean region and then were looking to settle in either colder climate, free rich lands, or a combination of the above.
There are also older anti-Normanist theories that Kievan Rus was founded by the people/warriors from the South (i.e. Crimea or adjacent Sea of Azov area).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Goths
Re: A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
#10This saga would make for some very interesting historical fiction.