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Re:A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black... by Nicholas_C on Monday July 05, 2021 @03:18AM (#27735394)
> It doesn't make sense that people will migrate from England to Crimea just out of the blue.

The article states that they didn’t want to be ruled by the Normans so they left and wandered around the Mediterranean then went to Constantinople to help with a siege. Then they were told they could settle an area that wasn’t currently under the Byzantine Empire’s control, which was in Crimea.

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Re:A forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black... by kitd on Monday July 05, 2021 @06:02AM (#27736207)
The novel "The Last English King" by Julian Rathbone [1] centers on one of Harold's housecarls who, after the defeat at Hastings, travels widely over Europe and the Near East before returning to Norman England.

Interesting to see there may be some historical fact behind it.

1 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-English-King-Julian-Rathbone/d...

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