I immersed myself in Frisian history recently (1st- 11th C) because my dad is a Frisian- not exactly pre-history, but not well-covered in any Dutch mainstream history books because Frisians on the one hand, and the then recently-Chrisitianized Batavi people on the other, divided the Netherlands into two parts. Overt Paganism was still amongst the Frisians, and I guess (Christianized) history books (Charlemagne the literacy man conquered Friesia) are written to obliterate that pagan stuff. There is a nice American talking about it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSDTRRpYcgM
Pretty interesting what is being uncovered these days in terms of iconography in archeological finds. Again - there is not much surviving this time period in terms of artefacts, because Rome had collapsed - but what has survived shows meticulous metal-work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TubiDNS-3oQ
When I was a kid I saw a picture of Russians on a TIME magazine cover. I immediately saw a familial resemblance, and said so. I was surprised that these people were made out to be kinda evil - (Red under the Bed stuff). Heck, my dad could easily pass for Russian. Well, I was right to see that- the Kievan Rus were Vikings, and so were the Frisians. Given that the Frisian homelands are only in Friesland and Gelderland now, and any diaspora Frisians are labelled as 'Dutch', one may suspect something is afoot in terms of hiding true history.
I immersed myself in Frisian history recently (1st- 11th C) because my dad is a Frisian- not exactly pre-history, but not well-covered in any Dutch mainstream history books because Frisians on the one hand, and the then recently-Chrisitianized Batavi people on the other, divided the Netherlands into two parts. Overt Paganism was still amongst the Frisians, and I guess history books are written to obliterate that stuff. There is a nice American talking about it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSDTRRpYcgM
Pretty interesting what is being uncovered these days in terms of iconography in archeological finds. Again - there is not much surviving this time period in terms of artefacts, because Rome had collapsed - but what has survived shows meticulous metal-work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TubiDNS-3oQ
When I was a kid I saw a picture of Russians on a TIME magazine cover. I immediately saw a familial resemblance, and said so. I was surprised that these people were made out to be kinda evil - (Red under the Bed stuff). Well, I was right to see that- the Kievan Rus were Vikings, and so were the Frisians. Given that the Frisian homelands are only in Friesland and Gelderland now, and any diaspora Frisians are labelled as 'Dutch', one may suspect something is afoot.
I immersed myself in Frisian history recently (1st- 11th C) because my dad is a Frisian- not exactly pre-history, but not well-covered in any Dutch mainstream history books because Frisians on the one hand, and the then recently-Chrisitianized Batavi people on the other, divided the Netherlands into two parts. Overt Paganism was still amongst the Frisians, and I guess history books are written to obliterate that stuff.
Pretty interesting what is being uncovered these days in terms of iconography and archeological finds. Again - there is not much surviving this time period in terms of artefacts, because Rome had collapsed - but what has survived shows meticulous metal-work.
When I was a kid I saw a picture of Russians on a TIME magazine cover. I immediately saw a familial resemblance, and said so. I was surprised that these people were made out to be kinda evil - (Red under the Bed stuff). Well, I was right to see that- the Kievan Rus were Vikings, and so were the Frisians. Given that the Frisian homelands are only in Friesland and Gelderland now, and any diaspora Frisians are labelled as 'Dutch', one may suspect something is afoot.