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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, Mercia, Scotland, Swanwich, Wareham
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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, 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, Westmen
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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, Mercia, Oestvikingae, Scrolls of St. Swithun, Sumorsaete, Thorhelm, Westmen
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