The First Kings of the Netherlands (580 - 800) by K.P.H. Faber
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To call the Wulfings the first kings of the Netherlands seems challenging, but recent findings show that the Wulfings were indeed the first kings of the Netherlands, not the House of Orange. In early 2006, a coin die of Audwulf Frisia was found in Weinaldum at a site where a hall of a Frisian king had previously been sought during excavations. The most recent coin finds therefore form the starting point for this book. The slave trade, the mercantile spirit, private initiative, the merchant guild, and also that eternal division into groups, locations, and regions that refused to become a unity; it’s all there in this period.
Just try to make a people out of the Dutch. Radbod and the House of Orange also struggled with it. What an annoyance we were for Charlemagne, who wanted One Empire, One God, and One Emperor. Our ancestors were a thorn in his side...! Smugglers, bribers of customs, and fake pilgrims to Rome (merchants disguised as such paid no toll). Do you recognize anything yet? Eternal Dutchmen, you can already find them in our period 580 - 800.
- The first kings of the Netherlands (580 - 800)
- K.P.H. Faber
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To call the Wulfings the first kings of the Netherlands seems challenging, but recent findings show that the Wulfings were indeed the first kings of the Netherlands, not the House of Orange. In early 2006, a coin die of Audwulf Frisia was found in Weinaldum at a site where a hall of a Frisian king had previously been sought during excavations. The most recent coin finds therefore form the starting point for this book. The slave trade, the mercantile spirit, private initiative, the merchant guild, and also that eternal division into groups, locations, and regions that refused to become a unity; it’s all there in this period.
Just try to make a people out of the Dutch. Radbod and the House of Orange also struggled with it. What an annoyance we were for Charlemagne, who wanted One Empire, One God, and One Emperor. Our ancestors were a thorn in his side...! Smugglers, bribers of customs, and fake pilgrims to Rome (merchants disguised as such paid no toll). Do you recognize anything yet? Eternal Dutchmen, you can already find them in our period 580 - 800.
- The first kings of the Netherlands (580 - 800)
- K.P.H. Faber
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