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Hans Faber
Jun 9, 2024
20 min read
Odin’s Ravens ruled over the southern shores. Not the Hammer of Thor
image by Denyse O'Leary When re-enactors bring to life early-medieval Frisia, you regularly see them wearing a little iron hammer on a...
Hans Faber
Feb 19, 2022
7 min read
Filmstar Ben-Hur made peace with Frisian raiders
Who doesn't know the epic movie Ben-Hur released on the white screen in 1959? A movie in which masculine Hollywood actor, and civil...
Hans Faber
Jun 1, 2018
18 min read
Haute couture from the salt marshes
It was not the city of Parisius. Nor that of Lundenwic. Believe or not, the early-medieval center for expensive cloth and chique clothing...
Hans Faber
May 1, 2017
23 min read
Terrorist Fighters from the Wadden Sea. The era of the Crusades
When it comes to de-radicalization of foreign terrorist fighters, Frisians (in this context the modern regions of Ostfriesland and Land...
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