A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)
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HN comment orderGytha of Wessex the daughter of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England married Rus ruler Vladimir II Monomakh after fleeing from England conquered by Normans. The "queen" of the Rus was effectively Anglo-Saxong emigree. Her great-great grandson was Alexander Nevsky, widely recognized in Russia as the greatest national hero. It seems many anglo-saxons migrated to Rus after the conquest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gytha_of_Wessex If you like history of that part of the world…
The region in question is where the eastern Goths lived: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Goths and they kept speaking Gothic until at least the 1700s in pockets. Old English was probably still close enough to Gothic at that time as to be somewhat mutually intelligible - at most a gap similar to Dutch and German today. They may have integrated into local society more easily than it seems they would at first glance. (This is speculative. There's nothing particular to support this other than…
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-17 | Medieval 'New England': An Anglo-Saxon Colony on the North-Eastern Black Sea | vinnyglennon | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-11-23 | Medieval 'New England': A Forgotten Anglo-Saxon Colony on the Black Sea Coast | smacktoward | 4 | 0 |
| 2021-07-03 | A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)First breakout · Best thread | diodorus | 124 | 22 |
| 2024-07-31 | The medieval 'New England' on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)Latest 20+ point return | Thevet | 118 | 21 |