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DAS Chronicles – Into The 880s!
Since 2014, DAS has been following the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the 870s, year-by-year, trying to see how our units would have fitted in to the wars and treacheries of that time. It’s been lots of fun, and we’d like to continue it into the 880s… But first, a reminder of what’s already happened, as the […]
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Also tagged 2020, 2021, 880, 881, Æthelred of Mercia, Beorcsciringas, Cilternsaete, Holmbyggjar, King Alfred of Wessex, 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, Oestvikingae, Scotland, Sumorsaete, The Kingdom of the Isles, Ubbe Ragnarsson, Wessex, Westmen
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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 Aed of Alba, King Ceolwulf of Mercia, King Domnall of Alba, King Eochaid of Alba, King Giric the Pict, Scotland, Swanwich, Wareham, Wessex
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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, Relics of Medhamstead Abbey, Scrolls of St. Swithun, Styrkar, Thorhelm, Ubba, Wulf, Wulfgar
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The Doom of Burhred, 874 A.D. (Flaunden, October 2014)
At which the Vikings and Englisc fought a terrible battle, King Burhred of Mercia fled, the Vikings declared Ceolwulf King of Mercia, and the Heathen Host fractured as King Ivar died and they were torn apart by arguments. The red hand of war gripped Mercia. The Great Army seized and fortified Repton – a direct […]
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Also tagged 2014, 874, Beorcsciringas, Cilternsaete, Guðrún, Hauk Hersir, Herewulf Thegn, Holmbyggjar, King Alfred of Wessex, King Burhred of Mercia, King Ceolwulf of Mercia, King Guthrum of East Anglia, King Ivar the Boneless, Kingslayer, Oestvikingae, Repton, Sumorsaete, Thorhelm, Westmen
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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, Murton Park, Oestvikingae, Repton, Westmen, Wulf, Wulfgar, Wulfruna
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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, Herjólf, Holmbyggjar, King Burhred of Mercia, King Ceolwulf of Mercia, King Guthrum of East Anglia, King Halfdan Ragnarsson of Jorvik, King Ivar the Boneless, Kingslayer, Oestvikingae, Westmen, Wulfhild
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The Kingslayer, early 874 a.d. (Earleywood, March 2014)
At which a small group of Vikings raided a monastery on the edge of Wessex, and stole the Kingslayer (the sword that killed the Viking King Bagsecg in one of the few battles where Englisc beat the Vikings), to weaken Mercian resolve and enable a prophecy. Early 874. Over the previous decade, the Vikings had […]
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Also tagged 2014, 871, 874, Beorcsciringas, Bosi Styrsman, Ceolred Monger Thegn, Cilternsaete, Earleywood, Earleywood Monastery, event, Fritha, Glora, Guðrún, Hauk Hersir, Herewulf Thegn, Holmbyggjar, Ingibjorg, Kappi, King Alfred of Wessex, King Bagsecg, King Burhred of Mercia, King Ceolwulf of Mercia, Kingslayer, Oestvikingae, Scrolls of St. Swithun, Sumorsaete, Thorhelm, Wessex, Westmen
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