This is not about Wulfstan and we don't know how it relates because there are no appoximate dates for his life in the article. --rmhermen
Haithabu , centrally located on the Jutland Peninsula had been a Frisian and Saxon trading place. In 808 Charlemagne placed Abodrites on south eastern Jutland and the Baltic Sea, removing Saxons, who opposed Charlemagne's Frankish Christianization attempts. The trading center was named Hedeby by the Danes , who then took over.
Franks, Jutes, Frisians, Saxons, Slavs traded there until it was destroyed by Vikings ,who destroyed other towns, such as Hamburg and Jomsburg.
- Haithabu museum :[[1]]
- Haithabu bell project:[[2]]
- Viking journey map: [[3]]
It says the date in the Truso article with link to Wulfstan 890 (876?) Alfred the great lived from 849-899.
H. Jonat
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It needs to be in this article not just on some link. Imagine that I hadn't read about Truso and was just looking for background on Wulfstan or that I came from the page on Alfred the Great. ---rmhermen
- Hi Helga, et al.-- since not everyone looking at this article will be getting there via the Truso article, you really need to put the dates in both places. This is supposed to be helpful, not a treasure hunt ! ;-) also, I'm wondering if Wulfstan of Haithabu is the most common name in English -- Was he a saint? Do we call him Wulfstan of Hedeby? Or is he Wulfstan of somewhere in Alfred's kingdom? Also (to Helga again), it would be very helpful if, when you write about someone this early, you could put in your source. For example, now we have "reportedly" -- It would be so much better if you could write it in this way (or similarly) -- According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle(or whatever source it is -- what is the source?)... This corresponds exactly to the "Nach..." in German, and historians really rely on phrases like this. JHK
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