![Associated with the Crusades, the red-on-white cross has its origins in the 10th century. It was used as the ensign of the Republic of Genoa perhaps as early as that time.[citation needed] The symbol was later adopted by the Swabian League in the pre-Reformation Holy Roman Empire. George became associated as the patron saint of England in the fourteenth century, replacing St. Edmund the Martyr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Cross](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:icqhs27sec4n74t2mvottncx/bafkreif67tak3c3kb2um6am7tclpxy3miaf6vjmkcnglrccwpm72xekp3m@jpeg)
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....if 'patriotic' Brits started heralding Edmund the Martyr instead it would massively confuse the US-style Christian nationalists 😏
sep 1, 2025, 7:28 pm • 0 0 • view
Heptarchy ftw. Let's just accept that the last thousand years was a complete fuckup and go back and start again without the Normans.
sep 1, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Let’s respect our nations’ flags while raising the Scarlet Banner high
sep 1, 2025, 7:38 pm • 1 1 • view
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sep 1, 2025, 7:43 pm • 1 0 • view