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[[File:Orbsmen Mosaic.png|thumb|A mosaic possibly depicting Orbsmen circa 3rd Century unearthed in [[wikipedia:Sardis|Sardis]]]] | [[File:Orbsmen Mosaic.png|thumb|A mosaic possibly depicting Orbsmen circa 3rd Century unearthed in [[wikipedia:Sardis|Sardis]]]] | ||
'''The Orbsmen''' (/‘[[wikipedia:Help:IPA/English|ɒɹbsmɪn]]/; from the Middle English: Orbe Men, “Orb Men”) were a [[wikipedia:Secret_society|secret society]] and [[wikipedia:Gnosticism|Gnostic]] movement who practiced [[The Orbsmen|Orbism]] between the 11th and 15th centuries and throve in [[wikipedia:South_East_England|South East England]]. Followers were described as Orbers, Orbsmen, or simply Orbs, and are now mainly remembered for producing remarkably perfect [[orbs]], their socially alienating behavior and appearance, having apparently recorded or collected etchings depicting [[wikipedia:Ford_Pinto|modern vehicles]] and the theory of [[wikipedia:Special_relativity|special relativity]], and being executed en masse following an individual Orbsman’s assault of [[wikipedia:Elizabeth_of_York|Elizabeth of York]] in 1486. | '''The Orbsmen''' (/‘[[wikipedia:Help:IPA/English|ɒɹbsmɪn]]/; from the Middle English: Orbe Men, “Orb Men”) were a [[wikipedia:Secret_society|secret society]] and [[wikipedia:Gnosticism|Gnostic]] movement who practiced [[The Orbsmen|Orbism]] between the 11th and 15th centuries and throve in [[wikipedia:South_East_England|South East England]]. Followers were described as Orbers, Orbsmen, or simply Orbs, and are now mainly remembered for producing remarkably perfect [[Orb|orbs]], their socially alienating behavior and appearance, having apparently recorded or collected etchings depicting [[wikipedia:Ford_Pinto|modern vehicles]] and the theory of [[wikipedia:Special_relativity|special relativity]], and being executed en masse following an individual Orbsman’s assault of [[wikipedia:Elizabeth_of_York|Elizabeth of York]] in 1486. | ||
== Early medieval period == | == Early medieval period == | ||