[gothic-l] Re: The Eruli and the Stentoften Rune Inscription

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> Bertil,
> I can buy that.
> What matters most to me is that we place various occasions in the
correct
> century.
> I want to compare apples with apples not with anything else.
>
> I got furious when the tourist guides in Visby talked about the
fantastic
> buildings, build by the German Hanse, dated to the 13th century.
> The German Hanse was only founded in 1358. Almost all anchient
buildings in
> Visby are built before the German Hanse. As far as I understand
most of the
> tourist  guides know better now.
> Tore


Tore,

I am afraid this is completely wrong. The origin of the Hanse goes
back to the 11th century when certain privileges were awarded to
merchants of Cologne, Tiel and Bremen. In 1161, the 'Genossenschaft
der Gotlandfahrer' (the union of the seafarers to Gotland)is founded.
In about 1180 the Hanse-contor of Novgorod is opened. In 1266/67 the
Hanse is mentioned in a document. I don't know were you got your date
1358 from, but it is completely wrong as founding date of the Hanse.
By 1350 the Hanse had already reached its height of power. About half
of the population of Visby were Germans at that time.


Have a look at this chronicle of the hanse:

http://hanza.gdansk.gda.pl/kronika_n.html


Sorry this is certainly off-list, but required a correction.

cheers,
Dirk


>
> >Tore,
> >
> >Thank you for your question. In short I have tried
> >to introduce the Stentoften rune inscriptions as
> >a sign that the Eruli arrived in this area likely
> >in the 510s AD. The names are those of the
> >Eruli royal family and Stentfoften is aound a
> >century older than assumed (erected between
> >500 - 550 AD). A kingdom was in existance
> >comprising western Blekinge. eastern Scania
> >and Varend. This does not exclude the
> >possibility that the Eruli continued further north.
> >
> >Erulicall/Gothically
> >
> >Bertil
> >
> >
> >> I am not sure I understand the background for combining runes -
and
> >> the runestones in Blekinge - with the Heruls.
> >
> >
> >
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