The second major team to compete on these fields of life took their franchise from the Teutonic tribes. They lived most of their spring training days north of the Danube River and, their home was felt to be on the Baltic Sea.
My Y-Chromosome Phylogenetic Tree would place these players among haplogroup R. This haplogroup, through male descent, would spread widely among the numerous related teams. From their earliest days of play calling, they developed one of the major Indo-European speaking languages. As noted in post "Changes" [26 April, 2025], this language became the national language of all players in 1362! You must also note that these Saxon players had been on the various fields of play for centuries against my Celtic ancestors. All sorts of Saxon teams would come and go, even leaving at one time, that most famous goal line called Offa's. At any rate, these folks (Saxons) had been around a very long time before those French speaking Norman took the field. So here we go, all those family tree climbers of Saxon descent. Suspect there will be many comments (play calls) yet to come among this huddle 'up group.
Freedom on the farm was perhaps the most important structural foundation to the players call the Saxons. Not subject to the control or domination of another would be the theme. Yes sir, security for property and person. Acquire landed property. The enclosure which surrounded the individual was considered the "homestead" which served as the molecule of the township. There was a lord of ever township. "Thanes" these landed proprietors came to be called. But first, you had to be "a man of good birth" called "ceorls" and any ceorl could acquire land and become a proprietor. Come one, come all, was the goal as a free commonality took its root on the farmlands. A Saxon freeman on his farm. Let's play ball! Much more to come.
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