Frans RiemersmaAug 19, 20189 minFollow the footsteps of Five Frisian KingsWe plotted the exact locations of the whereabouts of the five Frisian kings Finn, Audulfus, Aldgils, Redbad and Poppo. We might have even...
Hans FaberJul 1, 201832 minOne of history’s enlightening hikes, that of BernlefThis post isn't about the West-Frisian writer Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937-2012), whose pen name was Bernlef. Nor is this post about the...
Hans FaberJun 24, 201823 minThe Treaty of the Upstalsboom. And why solidarity is not the core of a collectiveSo many supranational organizations, whether governmental or juridical, are struggling with their legitimacy and survival, it's almost...
Hans FaberJun 20, 201821 minForeign Fighters returning from Viking war bandsFrom the year 2012, around 5,000 foreign fighters from European countries went to the Levant to fight. Six years later, an estimated...
Frans RiemersmaJun 16, 20184 minKing Redbad’s last actNot much is known about Redbad’s death. Many Frankish fragments use his year of death as a historical point of reference for many events....
Frans RiemersmaJun 9, 20186 minFinally, King Redbad made his point in the European Commission - via Facebook“I can not live without the company of my forefathers”, Redbad said in an interview in 718. In 2018 this sentence caused turmoil in the...
Hans FaberJun 1, 201816 minHaute couture from the salt marshesIt was not the city of Parisius. Nor that of Lundenwic. Believe or not, the early-medieval center for expensive cloth and chique clothing...
Hans FaberMay 13, 20189 minBil. A wasteland of non-integrated migrants?This is the story of the reclamation of the former Middelzee in the Netherlands. The Middle Sea was a shallow inland sea that used to cut...
Hans FaberMar 31, 20185 minRefuge on a terp 2.0. Waiting to be liberatedAugust 21, 1930, Wieringermeer. The reclamation of another piece of the Zuiderzee ‘southern sea’ was completed. An wooded area, when it...