Hans Faber
From Patriot to Insurgent: John Fries and the huslotha tax rebellions
On Facebook page ‘Frisian Americans‘ the question popped up what role certain Frisians played in the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania in...
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Hans Faber
- Dec 10, 2021
- 11 min
Pagare il fio
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
- May 16, 2020
- 8 min
Latið meg ei á Frísaland fordervast!
Latið meg ei á Frísaland fordervast! ‘Do not let me perish in Friesland!’ A cry-out of a Faroese young woman when she was being kidnapped...
Hans Faber
- Sep 23, 2019
- 25 min
Magnus’ Choice. The Origins of the Frisian Freedom
According to medieval legends, around the year 800 Charlemagne and pope Leo came into conflict with the citizens of Rome. The pope was...
Hans Faber
- Jun 24, 2018
- 19 min
Upstalsboom: why solidarity is not the core of a collective
So many supranational organizations, whether governmental or juridical, are struggling with their legitimacy and survival, it is almost...
Hans Faber
- Jun 20, 2018
- 19 min
Foreign Fighters returning from Viking war bands
From 2012 around 5,000 foreign fighters from European countries went to the Levant to fight. Six years later, an estimated fifteen...
Hans Faber
- May 1, 2017
- 17 min
Terrorist Fighters from the Wadden Sea
When it comes to de-radicalization of foreign terrorist fighters, Frisians (in this context modern regions Ostfriesland and Land Wursten...