Bluetooth Ping! I knew it was an old protocol, but had no idea how old.
Sweyn Forkbeard (shown left), England's shortest reigning king, remains in the shadows of both his son Canute the Great, and father Harold Bluetooth
Sweyn Forkbeard (shown left), England's shortest reigning king, remains in the shadows of both his son Canute the Great, and father Harold Bluetooth
My maternal grandfather’s family came from Nutsford. I suspect it’s a contraction of Canutes Ford.
Among my ancestors were men using the first name “Athe” which I believe comes from northern England, and could be a means of noting their Nordic ancestry?
In the 1970's, science fiction writer John Norman wrote a series of novels that take place on a planet called Gor, where life resembles that of ancient Greece and Rome, Aztec Mexico, Viking-ruled Scandinavia, etc., with some exotic beasts and space aliens thrown in. Two of his Viking-type characters are named Ivar Forkbeard and Sweyn Bluetooth.
Speaking of crossroads, tomorrow is the anniversary of the battle of Parker's Crossroads (NBF: "Charge them both ways!"), Dec. 31, 1862.
According to Wikipedia, Sweyn was an ancestor of James VI of Scotland, and therefore also of Queen Elizabeth II.
Bluetooth does take it's name after Harold because of his role as a uniter. The Bluetooth icon is an old rune...
“Ethelred The Unready”?
Now, there’s a name that will strike fear in the hearts of your enemies.
“”Who is leading them?”
“Ethelred The Unready.”
“They couldn’t get Steve The Sleepy?”
I have been to see the Jelling Stones in Jutland, a surprisingly impressive site and the earliest marker of Christianity in Scandinavia. Harald’s direct descendent, Dronning Magrethe, is Queen of Denmark and leader of the oldest royal family in Europe.
Another little known fact is that Sweyn’s attempt to force the English to eat lutefisk led to more popular revolts resulting in his ultimate downfall. Uff da.
Or using obamacare as a baseline, as socialist democrats would state "A good time was had by all..."
I believe that the Viking/Germanic law had a great impact on resultant Manorial law which gave us trial by jury, notions of trespass and tort and individual rights defined in physical, psychological and property. It also recognized a natural law right to secure rights against aggression.
In addition, King Cnut withdrew certain lands from free common access and reserved them for his own use, maintaining them primarily for exclusive royal hunting purposes or “chases.” In later reigns, it became a practice for kings to “forest” occupied areas by virtue of “sovereign ownership” of all land. At one time, it has been estimated that almost one-third of the country had been converted into “royal forest.” by royal proclamation.
The Latin term “foris” actually referred to exclusion from the application of the ordinary law and not to a wooded land. A separate system of “Forest Laws” and enforcement mechanisms were introduced by the Normans. That has transferred in America into our National Forests.
The harshness of the forest laws and the enlargement of “forested” areas became one of the issues dealt with in the Magna Carta (Parva Carta.) Seems we have not learned from history.
