The Frisians Historical Thread

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One of the Germanic tribes were the Frisians. Who were these people and where did they come from?

Friesland had been early settled, with evidence of terp-building, the distinctive raised settlements, starting in 700 BC. The people began to be a distinctive tribe in around 200 BC. They were displaced from their homeland to Flanders and Kent, England due to heavy flooding in 250 AD. Habitation of the area remained impossible for the next 150 years. When some of the Frisians returned around 400 AD there were already Saxons and Jutes settled there, and the Frisian people merged with them, maintaining the identity and traditions of the Frisian tribe. The Frisians were closely related to the Saxons and the Frisian language remains the closest surviving language to English.

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* Johannes Nestor, Aug 31, 2002 - 06:35

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Origin and Migration of the Frisians (* Norrmania Sigurdsson, Aug 21, 2003 - 13:24 )
The most important frisian settlements in the (* Johannes Nestor, Aug 31, 2002 - 06:35 )
Poetic 12th Century law (* Johannes Nestor, Aug 31, 2002 - 05:56 )
a short history (* Johannes Nestor, Aug 31, 2002 - 05:51 )


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