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Captives and Feuds, 877 A.D. (Earleywood 2017)
An Englisc viewpoint At Wareham peace was sworn by solemn oaths from the Danes upon their holy ring, and hostages were given to Alfred the king: but the heathen proved forsworn, and fled towards Exeter. So Alfred sent for the hostages to be brought to him for hanging – for what other use is there […]
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Also tagged 2017, 877, Bosi Styrsman, Chalice of St. Botolph, Cilternsaete, Exeter, Fritha, Grimkell, Guthwald Thegn, Holmbyggjar, holy ring, hostages, Ingibjorg, King Alfred of Wessex, Oestvikingae, Styrkar, Swanwich, Thorhelm, Wareham, Wulfgar
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The Raven Banner Falls, 876 A.D. (Earleywood, March 2016)
In 875 news arrived that King Harald Finehair of Norway’s fearsome warlord Jarl Rognvald had conquered the islands off the north coast of Britain, from the Orkneys to the Hebrides to Mann: the lands that many of the Westmen call home. His army had also landed in Northumbria, attempting to bring all the Vikings in […]
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Also tagged 2016, 876, Athelstan, Cilternsaete, Halla, Herewulf Thegn, Holmbyggjar, Jarl Rognvald, Jarl Sigurd, King Alfred of Wessex, King Guthrum of East Anglia, King Halfdan Ragnarsson of Jorvik, King Harald Fairhair of Norway, Northumbria, Oestvikingae, Raven Banner, Sumorsaete, Thorhelm, Westmen, Wulfgar
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To Curse A King, 874 A.D. (Chiltern Open Air Museum, May 2014)
At which the Vikings used the magic of the Kingslayer to erect a potent nithing-pole inside Burhred’s favourite hunting ground, giving him another blow to his morale and unleashing powerful spirits against him. The start of the war season, 874. It had been a decade since the death of Ragnar Loðbrók led to his sons […]
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Also tagged 874, Chalice of King Edwin of Northumbria, COAM, Guðrún, Hauk Hersir, Holmbyggjar, King Burhred of Mercia, King Ceolwulf of Mercia, King Guthrum of East Anglia, King Halfdan Ragnarsson of Jorvik, King Ivar the Boneless, Kingslayer, Mercia, Oestvikingae, Westmen, Wulfhild
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