W.A. HEART
Senior Registered
Hi all!
Lately I started researching into European history, began with researching through the kings of the Scots, got to Kenneth MacAlpin, then Alfred the Great and then the Vikings and by now I think I made a big mess of it all :tongue:
The thing is I am really at a loss here, and I would love to get some hints to guide me.
"Facts" I remember (very little):
- My father was a king (probably a petty king or a local landlord).
- My husband was another king, but younger.
- They were allies, probably of different nationalities
- My husband wore breeches (I described them here) and that fascinated me...
- He wore a sort of tunic that reached halfway down his thigh.
- He had a beard, though not a long one, and his hair was cut just above the shoulders. He had blue or grey eyes, and darkish hair.
- I saw myself wearing a long tunic in some sort of natural fabric, and a shawl over the shoulders.
- He liked to gather his men in what I think of as "the kitchen".
Besides these "facts" I feel that:
- I was my father's only daughter, and mom wasn't around since my early years;
- My husband to be felt somewhat like a stranger to me, but I'm not sure if that is the result of being from a different culture as Tanguerra suggested, or if maybe I was just young and shy of men.
- The wedding was an important ceremony - I have no idea how it was carried out, but we didn't just "get together".
- I had a child, but I died soon after - I am not sure wether it was a boy or a girl.
- There was no "big" war going on, but some sort of military tension was in the air;
- My husband and I were in love.
- It feels like somewhere around the 8/9th or 10th century - but I am not sure.
Now I know how strange and fragmented this seems. I have been searching the web but mostly found dead ends - there's always something that doesn't "fit". I must confess that I saw a lot of Vikings portraid with horned helmets and it didn't make a lot of sense to me, I kept thinking "I don't remember those " Well, it seems there is probably a good reason for that
.... any hints?
Lately I started researching into European history, began with researching through the kings of the Scots, got to Kenneth MacAlpin, then Alfred the Great and then the Vikings and by now I think I made a big mess of it all :tongue:
The thing is I am really at a loss here, and I would love to get some hints to guide me.
"Facts" I remember (very little):
- My father was a king (probably a petty king or a local landlord).
- My husband was another king, but younger.
- They were allies, probably of different nationalities
- My husband wore breeches (I described them here) and that fascinated me...
- He wore a sort of tunic that reached halfway down his thigh.
- He had a beard, though not a long one, and his hair was cut just above the shoulders. He had blue or grey eyes, and darkish hair.
- I saw myself wearing a long tunic in some sort of natural fabric, and a shawl over the shoulders.
- He liked to gather his men in what I think of as "the kitchen".
Besides these "facts" I feel that:
- I was my father's only daughter, and mom wasn't around since my early years;
- My husband to be felt somewhat like a stranger to me, but I'm not sure if that is the result of being from a different culture as Tanguerra suggested, or if maybe I was just young and shy of men.
- The wedding was an important ceremony - I have no idea how it was carried out, but we didn't just "get together".
- I had a child, but I died soon after - I am not sure wether it was a boy or a girl.
- There was no "big" war going on, but some sort of military tension was in the air;
- My husband and I were in love.
- It feels like somewhere around the 8/9th or 10th century - but I am not sure.
Now I know how strange and fragmented this seems. I have been searching the web but mostly found dead ends - there's always something that doesn't "fit". I must confess that I saw a lot of Vikings portraid with horned helmets and it didn't make a lot of sense to me, I kept thinking "I don't remember those " Well, it seems there is probably a good reason for that
.... any hints?