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Smash and Grab, 877 A.D. (Cadbury, June 2017)
Earlier in the year the Vikings had fled from Wareham to Exeter. However morale was low amongst them, after having to exchange hostages and with Thorhelm and Fritha of the Oestvikingae away sworn to the service of the Cilternsaete. Tensions were running high inside the town, and the heathen hoard was fracturing… To alleviate some […]
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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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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, Mercia, Murton Park, Oestvikingae, Repton, Westmen, Wulfgar, Wulfruna
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