The medieval ‘New England’ on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)

In the medieval period, there was another ‘New England’ located far to the east of the modern-day England, in the area of the Crimean peninsula. This colony was established by Anglo-Saxon exiles after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and seemed to have survived until at least the thirteenth century. These exiles entered the Varangian Guard, the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor, aiding in times of civil unrest. Evidence of place-names in the Black Sea region supports the narrative of the Anglo-Saxon settlement. The presence of Christian Saxi in the thirteenth century further confirms the historicity of ‘New England.’

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