Re: MS 991 unexpected impact in contacts eastward.

From: David B (tronospamchos_at_tesco.net)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:34:56 GMT

David Holiman wrote in message
<4315ddc6.0407300207.7d8c81f9@posting.google.com>...
>
>Here is what I think about your Roman Catholic Bishop
>of Orkney circa 991: a gang of Danish thugs were
>creating mischief and havoc in the Orkneys; an
>Anglo-Saxon or Roman Catholic embassy arrives from
>London with a small
>chest of gold coins and some expensive vestments and
>a chasuble. This raiments and treasure are bestowed on
>the leader of the henchmen under the condition that
>they settle down and stop killing Christians.

This "Orkney Timeline" is very relevant:
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/timeline.htm

David B.

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