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DAS in 2017 / Britain in 877
Over the past few years we’ve been following the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, seeing how our units would react to the events of the 870s. In 2014 we lived through King Burhred’s expulsion from Mercia in 874, as the Viking Great Army installed the puppet king Ceolwulf to rule Mercia but lost their unifying leader Ivar ‘The […]
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Also tagged 2017, 877, Exeter, hostages, Jarl Sigurd, King Ceolwulf of Mercia, King Domnall of Alba, King Eochaid of Alba, King Giric the Pict, Mercia, Scotland, Swanwich, Wareham, Wessex
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The Scot(ish) Day, 876 A.D. (Horley Scout Camp, June 2016)
Now proudly bearing the Raven Banner, the Westmen marched even futher north to continue to fight the Norwegian invaders, and to reclaim their homes on the isles off the coast of the lands of the Scots (especially Halgerd’s home on Canna). There they encountered local politics… King Causantin of Alba, ruler of the combined thrones […]
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Also tagged 2016, 876, Alba, Alt Clud, Beath map Beath of Alt Clud, Canna, Cynric, Dál Riata, Éremón of Dál Riata, Grimkell, Hallgerd, Jarl Sigurd, King Alfred of Wessex, King Arthgal of Alt Clud, King Causantin of Alba, King Cináed mac Ailpín of Alba, King Domnall of Alba, King Eochaid of Alba, King Giric the Pict, King Halfdan Ragnarsson of Jorvik, King Harald Fairhair of Norway, King Ivar the Boneless, King Rhun of Alt Clud, Lathir the Pict, Oestvikingae, Picts, Scotland, The Kingdom of the Isles, Westmen
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