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A Frisian warlord who ruled in Brittany, until his wife cheated on him
Where the English Channel and the Celtic Sea meet is where the ships of the Frisian brothers Corsold and Coarchion roamed, raided, and...
Hans Faber
Nov 12, 202214 min read


Late Little Prayers at the Lorelei Rock. Reckless Rhine Skippers in Distress
On the west bank of the mighty River Rhine, halfway between the cities of Koblenz and Mainz, lies the town of Sankt Goar. Named after...
Hans Faber
Oct 25, 202211 min read


Three books (and a comic) reviewed on Frisia. Is history evidence based?
You would say: “Sure, the study of history is evidence-based and involves no politics. For this, it's called a science, is it not? It's...
Hans Faber
Oct 9, 202216 min read


Don’t believe everything they say about sweet Cunera
Imagine. One day your husband brings home a young unmarried woman. A virgin even. He simply takes her into your house, openly shows...
Hans Faber
Sep 30, 202231 min read


Joan of Arc, an inspiration for Land Wursten
In the year 1500, a girl by the name Tjede Peckes was born in the hamlet of Padingbüttel in the region of Land Wursten on the eastern...
Hans Faber
May 28, 202212 min read


To the end where it all began: ribbon Ribe in Jutland
Let’s go to the omega. To the end of the Frisia Coast Trail . To Ribe in southern Jutland, Denmark. The oldest town in Scandinavia. A...
Hans Faber
May 7, 202215 min read


Dissolute Elisabeth and Her Devil
In the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honourable employ as a maid, and had...
Hans Faber
Apr 23, 20229 min read


Walfrid, You’ll Never Walk Alone.
This blog post is not about Aindreas Ó CéirÃn (1840-1915), better known as Brother Walfrid from Ireland and who founded the Scottish...
Hans Faber
Apr 10, 202217 min read


Harbours, Hookers, Heroines, and Women in Masquerade
Dockyards, quays, terminals, warehouses, wharves, anchorages, lighthouses, and beacons. Craftsmen, shipping companies, customs offices,...
Hans Faber
Mar 20, 202280 min read


Pagare il fio. Romans struggled in swampy terrain
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
Dec 10, 202116 min read


♫ They want you as a new recruit ♫
'In the navy', a song by the Village People. Of the small villages along the southern coast of the North Sea. A water people once united...
Hans Faber
Oct 31, 202110 min read


Like Father, Unlike Son—un saint frison en France
The Battle of Tours in 732 was a turning point in the wars against the Umayyad Caliphate. The Caliphate was one of the biggest empires in...
Hans Faber
Sep 10, 202114 min read


Well, the Thing is ...
The heart of Western democracies is the joint assembly of Parliament, Cabinet, and High Councils of State. Its Celtic-Germanic origin is...
Hans Faber
Sep 5, 202143 min read


A Frontier known as Watery Mess: the Coast of Flanders
At the end of the eighth century, by decree of Charlemagne and under the supervision of the wise men Wlemar and Saxmund, the customary...
Hans Faber
Aug 9, 202153 min read


A raider’s portrait from Appels. The water world of the Migration Period
In the year 1934, while dredging upstream the River Scheldt near the village of Appels in the region of Flanders, an extraordinary ship's...
Hans Faber
Jul 31, 20217 min read


Wa bin ik, wa bist do en wa bin wy?
"If you don't care about your own history, you may as well leave the classroom." Words from the geography teacher at high school Simon...

Hans & Frans
Jul 10, 20218 min read


Happy Hunting Grounds in the Arctic
If you want to find out who is responsible for killing the whale, the Frisia Coast Trail area is the prime spot to look. When you stop...
Hans Faber
Apr 24, 202160 min read


Yet Another Wayward Archipelago—the Wadden Sea
The peoples of islands and archipelagos do not let others dictate how to live their lives. One of those archipelagos that meets these...
Hans Faber
Apr 5, 202146 min read


With a Noose through the Norsemen’s Door
Although the conversion of the Woden-devoted Frisians  was a slow and cumbersome process that only succeeded in depth in the tenth...
Hans Faber
Mar 21, 202114 min read


Frisia, a Viking graveyard
Hjoggum vér með hjörvi  'we swung our swords', as all the stanzas of the twelfth-century Lay of Kraka begin. When reading about the...
Hans Faber
Feb 21, 20219 min read
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