Hans Faber
Like Father, Unlike Son
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...
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Hans Faber
- Mar 21, 2021
- 11 min
With a Noose through the Norsemen’s Door
Although the conversion was a slow and cumbersome process, and only succeeded in-depth in the course of the tenth century, Frisia...
Hans Faber
- Feb 21, 2021
- 7 min
Frisia, a Viking graveyard
When reading about the famous deeds of great Viking warriors, often not much attention is given to the moments of failure. Not much is...
Frans Riemersma
- Sep 1, 2018
- 6 min
Is Magna Frisia fact or fiction?
Here are some maps that help you locate the Frisians in the early Middle Ages (500-800 AD). We combined old maps, archaeological finds,...
Frans Riemersma
- Aug 19, 2018
- 9 min
Follow the footsteps of Five Frisian Kings
We plotted the exact locations of the whereabouts of the five Frisian kings Finn, Audulfus, Aldgils, Redbad and Poppo. We might have even...
Frans Riemersma
- Jun 16, 2018
- 4 min
King Redbad’s last act
Not 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 Riemersma
- Jun 9, 2018
- 6 min
Finally, 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...
Frans Riemersma
- Jan 6, 2018
- 6 min
Why was Redbad skinny dipping in eau de Cologne?
In March 714, Redbad's army reached the shores of Cologne. That is deep in the Frankish heartlands and way out of the traditional Frisian...
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
- 33 min
Tolkien pleaded in favor of King Finn
Between 450-455 at the southern coast of the North Sea, a betrayal took place that has not been forgotten ever since. And it never will....
Frans Riemersma
- Apr 30, 2017
- 5 min
The Boarn Supremacy
In the 8th century the Battle of the Boarn was fought. It was a huge battle between the Frisians and the Franks. The stakes were very...