were there turks at the battle of hastings?
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1 posted on
02/29/2016 8:18:03 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Reminds me that I need a Time Team marathon.
4 posted on
02/29/2016 8:21:08 AM PST by
VanDeKoik
To: SunkenCiv
were there turks at the battle of hastings?No, but Elvis was ...
5 posted on
02/29/2016 8:22:30 AM PST by
frithguild
(The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
To: SunkenCiv
And he added that dowsing had revealed traces of a Turkish-style crossbow on the site... Dowsing? For crossbows?
To: SunkenCiv
Anna Komnena states that the Byzantines had never seen a crossbow until their fight with the Normans in the Balkans, during the reign of Alexio, her father.
To: SunkenCiv
Accidentally discovered Time Team on the History International channel several years ago. Unfortunately, they only showed a few episodes, then didn’t show them again. I managed to locate a UK torrent site, and over the years was able to get all 20 seasons plus the specials. I loved this show, and was very disappointed when it ended.
17 posted on
02/29/2016 9:30:29 AM PST by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: SunkenCiv
....these aren't Frenchmen - they've got big noses and skirts.
They were Decatheltes?
19 posted on
02/29/2016 9:56:30 AM PST by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: SunkenCiv
Some Turk mercs, maybe?
Them Normans got around back in the day. Muslims owned and operated most of Spain. The Normans were HQed in France. Spain and France ain’t all that far apart.
Maybe there were some Turk free booters floating around the AO and got themselves hired by the Norman dudes.
20 posted on
02/29/2016 10:16:00 AM PST by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: SunkenCiv
There were Turks there...only long enough to drop the crossbow and ride like heck outta there. ;)
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