Frisians had been part of the hosts, which took part in the conquest of Britannia. What if the Frisians became a powerful force in early medival England like the Danes and created larger territories ? Maybe there is a constant exchange between continental Frisia and England ? They were quite a skilled seafaring people, maybe this could somehow happen..
Britannia: Frisian Law
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I really wonder on it simply due to the fact that Frisians settled in England so much that Frisian law was already there, so to speak.
Also, most Frisians were already Angles - the original Roman-era 'Frisii' had died out or been assimilated by the time Angles from Angln moved over.
I really wonder on it simply due to the fact that Frisians settled in England so much that Frisian law was already there, so to speak.
Also, most Frisians were already Angles - the original Roman-era 'Frisii' had died out or been assimilated by the time Angles from Angln moved over.
Yes, you are right. Frisians and Saxons had close relations up to the conquest of Charlemagne. I thought that the specific Frisian language, as it is/was spoken in parts of Netherlands and Germany is ATL maintained and that there might be a constant exchange between Frisian chieftain territories and England. In OTL medival Frisians (skilled whale hunters and fisherman) sailed nearly as far as Greenland and also were active as pirates on the British and Scottish coasts.