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Oaths and Hostages, 876 A.D. (Flaunden, November 2016)
First, a quote from a surviving fragment of the Chronicle of St Albans (sadly lost at the dissolution of the monasteries…) “AD 874. Here the Great Army came into Mercia and took winter quarters at Repton. And King Burhred lead his fyrd against them, and men from the Abbey lands with them. But Burhred thought […]
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Before the Battle, 874 A.D. (Murton Park, August 2014)
At which the Vikings and Englisc both prepared for the battle to seal the fate of Mercia, and an introspective Viking leader, Ivar the Boneless, asked the assembled forces exactly what they wanted. The war season, 874. The Viking Great Army gathered at Repton in Mercia, home to the burial crypt of the Mercian kings. […]
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Also tagged 2014, 874, Cilternsaete, Hallgerd, Holmbyggjar, Ingibjorg, King Alfred of Wessex, King Burhred of Mercia, King Ceolwulf of Mercia, King Guthrum of East Anglia, King Ivar the Boneless, Mercia, Murton Park, Oestvikingae, Repton, Westmen, Wulf, Wulfgar
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