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Looting the Looters, 875 A.D. (Flaunden, November 2015)
The Vikings, laden down by loot from Medhamstead Abbey and fleeing the forces of Wessex, pushed into East Anglia to meet up with King Guthrum’s forces who were busy putting down the uprisings there. However, they found themselves slowed by their riches, harried by Englisc and also by those Vikings without treasure. In the ensuing […]
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Also tagged 2015, 875, Chalice of St. Botolph, Cynric, East Anglia, Flaunden, Guthwald Thegn, Hallgerd, Hauk Hersir, Holmbyggjar, Holy Sheep's Shoulder Blade, King Ceolwulf of Mercia, King Guthrum of East Anglia, King Harald Fairhair of Norway, Thorhelm, Wessex, Westmen
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The Hunt for Ivar’s Treasure, early 875 A.D. (Earleywood, March 2015)
At the end of 874 King Burhred of Mercia was driven out of his kingdom, and the Viking king Ivar Ragnarsson died (see 2014’s Flaunden event). The Vikings crowned Ceolwulf as their puppet in Mercia, and he declared a peace. However, it was not universally respected, as some Mercians did not acknowledge Ceolwulf… Meanwhile the […]
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Also tagged 2015, 870, 875, 878, Bulverk, Ceolred Monger Thegn, Cilternsaete, Cuthwin, Earleywood, Earleywood Monastery, East Anglia, event, Glora, Guðrún, Hauk Hersir, Herewulf Thegn, Ingibjorg, King Burhred of Mercia, King Ceolwulf of Mercia, King Guthrum of East Anglia, King Halfdan Ragnarsson of Jorvik, King Harald Fairhair of Norway, King Ivar the Boneless, Kingslayer, Medhamstead, Mercia, Scrolls of St. Swithun, Styrkar, Thorhelm, Ubba, Wulf, Wulfgar
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