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Why 'Cousin Jack?' The origins of the nickname of the Cornish overseas — a new post by me :) https://t.co/AMC04J4wdw
Another eleventh-century medieval Chinese coin found in England — a new brief post by me :) https://t.co/pCdt2iVotJ
Dickens's Ghost of Christmas Present, by John Leech, 1843, a version of Father Christmas & dressed in green: https://t.co/O7kaSZf4j3
9th-century Danes depicted as Saracens & attacking St Edmund of East Anglia, see https://t.co/Gpdaxr4VWX From the 15th-century BL MS Harley 2278, f. 61r: https://t.co/E9qoM9n33O :)
A 2nd-century Romano-British hare brooch, found in a 5th-/6th-century Anglo-Saxon grave on the Isle of Wight.
A very early Nativity scene, 1st half of 4th century, sarcophagus of Marcus Claudianus: https://t.co/0OdZF18CFE
The English Father Christmas — merged with St Nicholas/Santa Claus in the late 19th century, but originally separate & gave no gifts to children! https://t.co/7Qa4gXR21d
Were there Huns in Anglo-Saxon England? Some thoughts on Bede, Priscus & Attila — a little idle speculation :) https://t.co/5iJCW2zwFq
Global Britain? A brief chronology of an awareness of Britain's existence — https://t.co/0tKCosda48