New England (medieval)
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new-england-medieval-184-13977898
title:
New England (medieval)
text:
New England was a colony allegedly founded, either in the 1070s or the 1090s, by Anglo-Saxon refugees fleeing the Norman invasion of England. Its existence is attested in two much later sources, the French Chronicon Universale Anonymi Laudunensis and the 14th-century Icelandic Játvarðar Saga. They tell the story of a journey from England through the Mediterranean Sea that led to Constantinople, where the English refugees fought off a siege by heathens and were rewarded by the Byzantine Emperor A
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Reputed 11th-century Byzantine colony on the Black Sea
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(medieval)
date created:
2009-03-20T06:03:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T14:37:19Z
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