Hans Faber
Barbarians riding to the capital to claim rights on farmland
This is not a post about the current agriculture and nitrogen debates between the government in Brussels and farmers in Flanders, Germany...
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Hans Faber
- Sep 30, 2022
- 28 min
Don’t believe everything they say about sweet Cunera
Imagine. One day your husband brings home a young and unmarried woman. A virgin even. He simply takes her into your house, openly shows...
Hans Faber
- Apr 23, 2022
- 7 min
Dissolute Elisabeth and her Devil
In the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honorable employ as a maid, and had...
Hans Faber
- Dec 10, 2021
- 14 min
Pagare il fio
Pagare il fio is Italian for 'paying the penalty'. More literally, it means 'paying the fee'. It is an expression the Italian language...
Hans Faber
- Apr 13, 2020
- 15 min
The Batwing Doors of Northwest Europe
“Is seaport the Maasvlakte the gateway of northwestern Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it...
Hans Faber
- Feb 16, 2020
- 9 min
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
- Jan 19, 2018
- 34 min
Porcupines bore U.S. bucks
On May 5th, 2018, it was exactly two centuries ago that Karl Marx was born. When in 1867 the good man published the first part of Das...
Frans Riemersma
- Jan 3, 2018
- 7 min
The battles of Redbad, unplugged
King Redbad died in 719. Some 1300 years later, as a tribute a movie about this Frisian king will hit the silver screen in the Dutch...
Frans Riemersma
- Dec 28, 2017
- 10 min
The biography of Aldgisl, unplugged
Ever heart of Aldgisl? Even if you did, you probably have a hard time separating fact from fiction. For a fact it is the first king of...
Hans Faber
- Jul 2, 2017
- 36 min
Tolkien pleaded in favor of king Finn
Around the year 440 (Shippey 2022) a betrayal took place on the southern shores of the North Sea. A tragedy the peoples in northwestern...
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