By Danish priests, do you mean Christian ones? It has
always been my understanding that settlement in the
danelaw led to the christianization of other scandinavian
countries rather than vice versa. In the danelaw,
danes met christians and were eventually
converted. visitors from other scandinavian
countries passing through to raid or trade
would meet christians who spoke their language.
and - forgive an ignorant american - but
where IS Burton on Stather?
meg
> People
> Regarding the religious roots of yew trees in English
> churchyards we have been left hanging just when it was
> getting really interesting. We have reached an impasse
> on the question of whether Danish priests could have
> brought over the yew. However, we have learned that yews
> grow in southern but not northern Norway. By implication
> then they grow in Denmark being further south.
> We haven't discovered whether they are to be found in
> Danish churchyards. Yet this is a more relevant matter
> for Lincolnshire which was settled by Danes, not Norwegians.
> Aren't there any Danes looking in on our musings? Isn't
> anyone in Denmark curious to see how their one time
> colony is getting on? Couldn't they help us in our struggle
> as we reach out to the Old Country in an effort to identify
> our cultural roots across the water?
> And what about the Teutonic tribes? Might Angle, Saxon
> or Jute shamans have brought the yew to England? Do yews
> grow in northern Germany? Are they found in churchyards
> there? Anyone in Germany looking in?
> So much still to find out.
> Ron Hornsby
> Burton upon Stather
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<DIV>Aren't there any Danes looking in on our musings? Isn't</DIV>
<DIV>anyone in Denmark curious to see how their one time</DIV>
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<DIV>Ron Hornsby</DIV>
<DIV>Burton upon Stather</DIV>
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Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388
College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033
Charleston, SC 29424-0001
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