"Bavaria" Encyclopędia Britannica Online. Bavaria German BAYERN, largest Land (state) of Germany. It comprises the entire southeast portion of Germany....
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 1, 2000 12:16 pm
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"roads and highways" Encyclopędia Britannica Online The Amber Routes During the 2nd millennium BC, trade ways developed in Europe. One route, for example, ran...
Carolyn Reyes
kekone@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:28 pm
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Hi everyone! Jumped the gun with the Amber Road post, just because I like it so much, here's the next one from the areas series. I've been wanting to dig up...
Carolyn Reyes
kekone@...
Nov 3, 2000 5:17 pm
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Does anyone know if the _Res gestae Saxonicae_ - the history of the Saxons by Widukind is available in an English translation, or at all? Rick...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 4, 2000 1:51 pm
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"Frisia" Encyclopędia Britannica Online Frisia historic region of The Netherlands and Germany fronting the North Sea and including the Frisian Islands. It has...
Carolyn Reyes
kekone@...
Nov 4, 2000 6:00 pm
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... Good points, Rick. I don't think it would, though, at that age. I was 'confirmed' in the Church of England when I was a kid. Basically, I was at a...
jenny blain
jenny.blain@...
Nov 4, 2000 9:06 pm
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Jenny- Look who comes tripping through our door! Welcome! I hope we won't be too big a disappointment. About all the old timer's are gone and this has turned ...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 4, 2000 10:41 pm
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... but too busy to do much at all! I'll probably be pretty quiet on this list. Been enjoying the history bits, esp. as most of what I know relates more...
jenny blain
jenny.blain@...
Nov 4, 2000 11:22 pm
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... That's fascinating! I never knew that Europe had organised trading routes as early as 1500BC, I thought all economic activity was concentrated around the...
Ryan Rocheleau
waterfairy@...
Nov 5, 2000 6:24 pm
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Hello all- Don't know if Carolyn is around today so I'll through this one your way. Lower Saxony Encyclopędia Britannica Online Lower Saxony German...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 5, 2000 7:11 pm
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I can too spell: throw, throw, throw. R...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 5, 2000 7:18 pm
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Hamburg; Encyclopędia Britannica Online Hamburg History Early settlement and medieval growth Hamburg's history begins with the Hammaburg, a moated castle of...
Carolyn Reyes
kekone@...
Nov 6, 2000 5:10 am
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... Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 13:02:48 +1100 From: Tim O'Neill <scatha@...> Reply-To: scatha@... Newsgroups: soc.history.medieval Subject: New...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 6, 2000 1:25 pm
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... Hamburg was burned down again eight times in the following 300 years. < Sounds like the Vikings took a little exception to the bishop's efforts on their...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 6, 2000 1:35 pm
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Hello Ryan- ... as early as 1500BC, I thought all economic activity was concentrated around the Mediterranean, and that the north of the Alps was just...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 6, 2000 1:36 pm
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... I think that the reason most people have such a distorted view of the supposed backwardness of the Germanics is because most of the history written at this...
Ryan Rocheleau
waterfairy@...
Nov 7, 2000 4:56 am
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Oh my God, my grammar is really atrocious, I'll correct this ... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private,...
Ryan Rocheleau
waterfairy@...
Nov 7, 2000 5:31 am
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Check out a book- fiction- called _Household Gods_. I think there is a review at Heathenbooks files. Anyway, I just read it. The protagonist really put me off...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 7, 2000 5:34 am
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... I've lived in Toronto all my life. Ryan _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN...
Ryan Rocheleau
waterfairy@...
Nov 7, 2000 5:45 am
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"Niederbayern" Encyclopędia Britannica Online English Lower Bavaria, Regierungsbezirk (administrative district), east-central Bavaria Land (state),...
Carolyn Reyes
kekone@...
Nov 7, 2000 3:08 pm
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... I am not aware of any translations, but If anyone is I would be GREATLY appreciative of the ISBN. ~jon ... ...
jonathan pressley
gladsheim21@...
Nov 7, 2000 11:13 pm
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Jon- I received the following from the Germanic-L group. Will hunt for the books, then see what happens. ... Rick, Personally I know of translation into German...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 7, 2000 11:30 pm
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I asked Bernhard for some references for Old Saxon. Thought the replies might be of interest. Some is in a PDF file which I can't open right now. The rest is...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 8, 2000 12:04 pm
988
Hello all- I am leaving today for a couple weeks. I know Carolyn is pretty busy but the BoH will continue. Thought I'd through this one in as it has been...
Rick A. Riedlinger
heathensailor@...
Nov 8, 2000 12:04 pm
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Swabia Swabia (German Schwaben, Latin Suevia), with its capital at Augsburg, was a medieval duchy in the lands now forming southwestern Germany. Its ...
Carolyn Reyes
kekone@...
Nov 8, 2000 3:48 pm
990
Just wondering. Thank you, Robert Rose ("Rose" is Norman Scots, or Celtic, depending on whom you ask...)...
Robert Rose
robert-rose@...
Nov 8, 2000 4:25 pm
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What is the etymology of the name "Goth"? "History of the Goths" by Herwig Wofram, (which I just happened to be reading) indicates that Latins and Greeks used...
Rob and Kat
kreese@...
Nov 9, 2000 1:26 am
992
Thuringia "Thuringia" Encyclopędia Britannica Online. German THÜRINGEN, historic region and Land (state) of Germany. Thuringia Land was re-created just prior...
Carolyn Reyes
kekone@...
Nov 10, 2000 2:17 pm
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"dress" Encyclopędia Britannica Online dress Ancient Nonclassical Europe Animal furs and hides made up the chief garments during the Stone Age. They would be...
Carolyn Reyes
kekone@...
Nov 11, 2000 8:39 pm
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Dance, history of; Encyclopędia Britannica Online Dancing was traditional also among the tribes of barbarians to the north, as attested by the writings of the...