Hans FaberApr 23, 20228 min readDissolute Elisabeth and Her DevilIn the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honorable employ as a maid, and had...
Hans FaberApr 10, 202215 min readWalfrid, You’ll Never Walk Alone.This blog post isn't about Aindreas Ó Céirín (1840-1915), better known as Brother Walfrid from Ireland and who founded the Scottish...
Hans FaberSep 10, 202112 min readLike Father, Unlike SonThe 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 FaberSep 23, 201931 min readMagnus’ Choice. The Origins of the Frisian FreedomAccording to medieval legends, around the year 800, Charlemagne and Pope Leo came into conflict with the citizens of Rome. The Pope was...
Hans FaberJul 19, 201942 min readThe Abbey of Egmond and the rise of the GerulfingsMonk Ecgberht of Ripon was the driving force behind the Christianization of the headstrong heathens of Frisia. From the influential...
Frans RiemersmaOct 27, 20188 min readLiudger, the first Frisian apostleLiudger succeeded where other evangelists failed. He finally managed to convert the pagan Frisians to Christianity, because he “spoke...
Hans FaberJul 1, 201833 min readOne of history’s most enlightening hikes. That of BernlefThis blog post isn't about the West-Frisian writer Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937-2012), whose pen name was Bernlef. Nor is this blog post...
Frans RiemersmaJun 9, 20186 min readFinally, 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...