Frisia Coast Trail
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The 1,000 mile coastal history hike. For people with fear of heights and interest in 2,500 years of living on the sharp edge of land and sea - www.frisiacoasttrail.blog/blog
One of the Frisian bastards is currently in the region of Campania, Italy. Said to be the origin of church bells. Our blog post on bells; frisiacoasttrail.blog/2025/06/01/o...
One Day, All the Sunken Church Bells Will Resurface and Speak to Us Sternly
Imagine a time unlike ours. When there were no engines, amplifiers, and speakers, and the sounds you heard were made by the actions of men, beasts, or the elements of nature. Be quiet and listen. C…
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The few letters we have from the virtually illiterate, early- medieval Frisians
Scratching Runes Was Not Much Different From Spraying Tags
Carving runes into combs and stones is basically the same as spraying tags on subway cars and bicycle tunnels, including the Bansky Tunnel (see featured image above) in London. Those who create run…
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Surrounded by Killer Women, playing Bingo, after a long day #hiking along the Wadden Sea coast.
The Women of Anjum, Who Make Hard Men Humble
Late in the afternoon of December 28, 2018, one of the Frisian bastards arrived in the village of Anjum after a 30-kilometre hike along the coast from the seaside town of Holwerd. It had been exact…
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The only proper manual if you consider to make a terp yourself because of climate change and rising sea levels
DIY Manual — Making a Terp in Only 12 Steps
This is your DIY manual for enlarging or creating your own terp — an artificial settlement mound or house platform designed to protect against sea or river floods, depending on where it is built. A…
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Young, independent women under the yoke of the medieval male-dominated Church. What happened really at Friezenwijk?
Dissolute Elisabeth and Her Devil
In the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honourable employ as a maid, and had established herself at the hamlet of Vrieswijc, modern Frieze…
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Frisians (Frisii) and semi-cannibalism in the Late Iron Age, and what their big dogs had to with it:
How to Bury Your Mother-in-Law (Properly): Ancient Frisian Funeral Rites
Your mother-in-law lived to a respectable old age and has now, one hopes peacefully, departed this world. That, you might reasonably assume, is the end of your relationship. Old believes, however, …
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Did the Romans Impose Livestock Breeding Programs on the Frisians (Frisii), and is this the real reason what led to the Battle of Baduhenna in AD 28? frisiacoasttrail.blog/2023/10/01/g...
On the significance of Wodan and his ravens in Early Medieval Frisia:
Odin’s Ravens Ruled the Southern Shores. Not the Hammer of Thor
When modern re-enactors bring early medieval Frisia to life, they are often seen wearing a small iron hammer on a leather cord across their bare chests, symbolizing Mjölnir, the mighty weapon of th…
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The dream of Radbod, a song from Ostfriesland? And was he an overking after all?
Is Walhalla fan de Friezen yn plak fan de Fikingen?
Ut ûndersyk blykt dat kening Redbad in dream hat oer Walhalla.
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The history of large-scale dairy production is also the history of the south-eastern North Sea coast—and of farmhouses as vast as cathedrals:
A Croaking Ode to the Haubarg by the Eiderstedter Nachtigall
Haubargs. Cathedral-like farmsteads with hipped roofs soaring up to twenty meters high, icons of the Eiderstedt peninsula in the region of Nordfriesland. These monumental farms embody the peak of t…
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The beliefs, superstitions, and rituals of the early Frisians:
Groove Is in the Hearth. Very Superstitious, Is the Way
The hearth was, in pre- and early medieval times, the Holy of Holies. The heart of the family. Where you would lay back and groove. Groove on the sound of the endless rain on the thatched roof, or …
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How much people had to pay to prevent feuds in the Middle Ages.
You killed a Man? That’ll Be One Weregeld in Total, Please
Frisia in the High Middle Ages — a region stretching from the (former) River Vlie — located between the Wadden Sea islands of Vlieland and Terschelling in the Netherlands — all the way to the lower…
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The psyche of the Wadden Sea coastal inhabitants explained?
Out of Averting the Inevitable an Unruly Community Was Born
On March 25, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was climbing towards its second peak. There was uncertainty about how destructive the pandemic was going to be in the long run. How many family members a…
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The summer holidays have begun! Greetings from the Wadden Sea island of Borkum.
Wijk bij Duurstede in the Betuwe, the successor to the renowned Dorestad, once the jewel of the Rhine:
The Batwing Doors of Dorestad. A Two-Way Gateway of Trade and Power
“Is the seaport Maasvlakte the gateway to north-western Europe? No? How about Europoort? Still no? What about the Botlek port area? Or the town of Vlaardingen? No again? Surely it must be the…
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The enigmatic Warnian people at the coast of Frisa
The Chronicles of Warnia. When History Seems a Fantasy Story
The fate of tribes and their names in the age of the Great Migration, between the fourth and sixth centuries, was anything but certain. Most simply disappeared. Celtic and Germanic peoples alike fa…
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The son of Redbad who is worshipped at the foot of the Pyrenees in France.
Like Father, Unlike Son — Un Saint Frison en France
The 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 history, but it lost this battle. At the confluence of the …
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Today at the @britishmuseum.bsky.social, and it's still here. It shouldn't. See our blog post: 'A Raider’s Portrait From Appels. The Water World of the Migration Period' share.google/gZbKEpJaZ2Ms...
A post about the territory of Nifterlake in province Noord Holland, where Count Redbad lived, where King Redbad had his interests, likewise Bishop Radbod had. A lot of Radbods there. But also where Saint Ludger was born and Saint Boniface was active. And much more.
Attingahem Bridge, NY
Brooklyn. Named after the charming village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist of history, the borough of Brooklyn would have been named Att…
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New blogpost from me in which I present my IMC paper from this year for anyone who wasn't able to attend and might be interested. longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/i...
IMC 2026 Debrief Part 1: Pre-Christian Beliefs in Early Medieval Frisia
This year I (properly) attended the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds again. By “properly attended”, I mean I presented a paper and went to other sessions like …
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'Dit kwam door opkomend zeewater. „Ze zaten vast.”'
AD.nl@ad.nl · 3mo agoHelikopter en reddingsboten redden 32 wadlopers bij Ameland, die dreigden onderkoeld te raken
The answer to the irrelevant question: Is Frisia the cradle of all Germanic peoples?
With the White Rabbit Down the Hole. The Spread and Legacy of a Coastal DNA
R1b/Hg1/Eu18; R-M213; R-M9; R1b-M45; R-M207; R-M173; R-M343; R-L278; R-L754; R-L389/R1b1a1; R-M415; R-P297/R1b1a1a; R-M269/R1b1a1a2; R-M520; R-L23; R-M412; R-L11; R-S21/U106/M405/R1b1a1a1a2a1a1R…
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The intriguing early medieval Bishop of Utrecht who came from Frisia
The Bishop From Frisia Who Proceeded the Hunger Games
Katniss Everdeen, portrayed by American actress Jennifer Lawrence, is both a survivor and victor of The Hunger Games. She comes from District 12, the impoverished mining region of the country calle…
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Living on the tidal marshlands, where basic elements like stone, wood, and freshwater were scarce or entirely unavailable. Although they succeeded in surviving in this harsh environment, the Romans did not admire them for it:
The Shipwrecked People of the Salt Marshes
Tidal marshlands and Frisians, a dual entity. The Chauci and the Frisians — referred to by the Romans as Frisii or Fresones — had learned to adapt to an unprotected yet strangely hospitable salty w…
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Latest piece from me, on drying out in the fens
Between the floods
Summer drought in the fenlands
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