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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, Relics of Medhamstead Abbey, Thorhelm, Wessex, Westmen
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Shipwrecked, 875 A.D. (Cadbury, October 2015)
This summer King Alfred went out to sea with an armed fleet, and fought with seven ship-rovers, one of whom he took, and dispersed the others. With the Vikings leaderless and facing rebellions in their holdings in Northumbria and East Anglia, King Alfred of Wessex spent 875 building up his forces. This included developing a […]
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Also tagged 2015, 875, Anir Thegn, Cadbury, Cilternsaete, East Anglia, Hauk Hersir, Herewulf Thegn, Holmbyggjar, Holy Sheep's Shoulder Blade, King Alfred of Wessex, King Harald Fairhair of Norway, Northumbria, Oestvikingae, Sumorsaete, Thorhelm, Visna, Wessex, Westmen
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