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The Voyage of Sigurd

From The Saga of Edward the Confessor

Back in the eleventh century English refugees founded New York, but it wasn’t in North America.

Home from Home

By Goscelin of Canterbury

In Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire, a man from Kent founded a glittering church for English refugees.

Our Lady’s Mantle

By Clay Lane

Shortly after Askold and Dir founded Kiev in 862, they launched a brazen but ill-fated assault on the capital of the Roman Empire.

The Fall of Constantinople

By Clay Lane

Hospitality and sympathy, but no help - the Byzantine Emperor learns a bitter lesson about western diplomacy.

Welcome to Micklegarth

By Orderic Vitalis

After the Norman Conquest, thousands of disappointed Englishmen departed for a new life in the Byzantine world.