The past month, I have been muddling along a bit with my quest and this blog. The main reason for that was that the final exams of my course were getting closer and closer and I needed to study if I wanted a chance of passing.
I am a writer, I have after all written three [continue reading...]
Warning! Unavoidable History Content
In my last post, I casually mentioned the Vikings as a reason for Radbod to live in Deventer instead of Utrecht when he became a bishop. Time for me to tell a bit more about the Vikings in the Low Lands and the consequences their visits had.
Vikings is a common name for [continue reading...]
Great Scott! I have a Saint in the Family!
It wouldn’t surprise me that quite a few people would probably conclude I have gone crazy when they read the above statement. But believe it or not, the statement could very well be true. It seems that the family on my mother’s side goes back all the way to early medieval times, in fact to [continue reading...]
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 Short Quest BreakAs you all could have read in a previous post, I have got a new job that starts on the 1st of July (well, actually it starts on the 5th, as I only work Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but never mind). In that post I also wrote that, I would have liked this job to [continue reading...] |
 Radbod the Bishop Part IYesterday I had planned to visit the city of Deventer, which is about a two-hour train ride from my hometown, but unforeseen circumstances prevented me from hopping on the train. I was a bit disappointed, as I would really have liked to see the large Lebuinus Church, which has some remains of an older church [continue reading...] |
 The Story Of Duke Radbod ContinuedToday the second part of the story about Duke Radbod VI, written by my cousin Koop Bos. |
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