Re: Why only crap in this NG? (was Wolter claims ...)

On Mon, 30 May 2005 22:11:44 GMT, "IEJ" <Iejohansson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
>news:32vm91lh0n6btaui52str87javcgg1k93v@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Mon, 30 May 2005 10:49:38 GMT, "IEJ" <Iejohansson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >
>> >"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
>> >news:gpll91t2rmi6uu58m6p8j1chjmqeds0vdt@xxxxxxxxxx
>> >> On Mon, 30 May 2005 07:09:11 GMT, "IEJ" <Iejohansson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
>> >> >news:o13l91de6bmmblvglsfserj9al7fpp46m9@xxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> On Mon, 30 May 2005 02:27:24 GMT, Philip Deitiker
>> >> >> <Donevenask@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> says in
>> >> >> >news:cpqk919grm7rpgsshetksmghvqlan08ogu@xxxxxxx:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>>There are people and there are times. She is arguing Norwegian
>> >> >> >>>and Swede after 1350, not Norse during the 11th century.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> You seem to be equating Norse with Viking. They are not the same
>> >> >> >> thing.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >The Viking period ended at the end of the 10th century. The
>> >> >> >greenlanders were christianized thereafter and would have been
>Norse.
>> >> >> >The swedish state with recognized borders did not begin until 1323,
>> >> >> >however a partial definition was in place by the 12th century.
>Prior
>> >> >> >to that people would have been informally called Swedes if they
>were
>> >> >> >from eastern trading portion of the viking world, prior to 1323
>there
>> >> >> >was a contested claim over finland, so at that time the Swedish
>state
>> >> >> >would have been Swedo-finnic.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> All of which is correct.
>> >> >
>> >> >Not at all correct. Sweden's borders were recognised in a tract
>between
>> >> >Sweden, Denmark and Norway in early 11th century. Officially the
>> >consensus
>> >> >refer to the 12th century meeting in Kongahälla 1101, but there are
>> >> >fragments left of the earlier meeting which was held in Olof
>Skötkongungs
>> >> >days. Sweden as a country is documented long before that. Unfortunatly
>> >for
>> >> >the Icelandic Sagas which tried/tries to make believe that it started
>in
>> >Old
>> >> >Uppsala there are documents older than the mythical Bråvallaslaget
>which
>> >> >confirms that there was a type of union between the Goths living in
>> >> >Wisigothia and Ostrogothia on one hand and the group living around
>> >> >Aros(Västerås, Västmanland) in Migration Age whenever enemies were
>> >> >attacking. The oldest mentioning of Sweden as a country goes back
>before
>> >> >migration age and stipulates that it starts on the eastern shore of
>> >Wigotha
>> >> >Elf.....
>> >> >
>> >> > They all come under the umbrella term
>> >> >> 'norse'. See http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Norse
>> >> >
>> >> >Not in Medieval Age. That's a later fabricated word which assumes that
>> >the
>> >> >Roman Historians meant the same with the Latin words they used for
>> >'Nordmen'
>> >> >and people living in the Nordic countries.
>> >>
>> >> You will have to argue with the dictionary. It says " Of or relating
>> >> to medieval Scandinavia or its peoples, languages, or cultures."
>> >
>> >English Dictionary I presume, not Scandinavian ones. There is a distinct
>> >difference from Migration Age up between the different Scandinavian
>groups
>> >and countries.
>>
>> Inger, we are all writing in English. I'm using english words with
>> english meanings.
>>
>> >> >
>> >> >In Medieval Age up to 1390's there were a clear distinction between
>the
>> >> >three Nordic countries: Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Finland belonged
>to
>> >> >Sweden as it done most of the time since Hermaneric's days.(Roman and
>> >East
>> >> >European sources up to 1115 AD) What's also forgotten is that the real
>> >Kvens
>> >> >up to around same period were in majority north of a line from Gävle
>to
>> >> >Bergen.
>> >>
>> >> But what are Nordic countries if not Norse?
>> >
>> >Norse is your way of placing four eggs that used to be three eggs under
>one
>> >and the same hat. But we aren't in a hat. There are and have always been
>> >very strong borders between our different groups. Skane has belonged to
>> >Sweden since mid 1600's but many Skåningar as well as many here doesn't
>look
>> >upon them as Swedes.
>>
>> But in the english world we tend to look on them all as norse.
>
>Well what I was trying to tell you in the English speaking world was that
>you use this in a wrong way. It's like saying that NZ was Aussie.
>

Its like talking about Australasians.



Eric Stevens

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