Tuesday 13 November 2007

Normans and Song Que

More thoughts about London and Normans.
Interesting line of axis from Rome to Chester as a European power line, with London always balanced on it. In the Saxon and end of Saxon times the contest for England is between Danes and Normans, with Cnut being the period of total Danish supremacy; but like most supremacies he survives on a degree of consensus (or absence of resistance), then William I reverses it to a Norman supremacy, but still with a degree of (enforced) consensus.
A speculation: The line that divides Europe from Roman times right up to the Reformation goes along the Danube, up the Rhine, over the Channel, up the Thames, up the river Lea and on to Chester.

Song Que, on Kingsland road added to restaurant reviews. Vietnamese, excellent food. Always good.

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