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8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria

  • 8th June 2022
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Britain, Christianity, Danelaw, England, Lindisfarne, Monastery, Norse, Northumbria, Paganism, Scandinavia, Vikings

Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that is generally accepted as the start of the ‘Viking’ period of British history.

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13th November 1002: Æthelred the Unready orders the St Brice’s Day Massacre

  • 13th November 2021
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Denmark, England, Massacre, Vikings

On the 13th November 1002, the St Brice’s Day Massacre took place when king Æthelred the Unready “ordered slain all the Danish men who were in England”.

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20th September 1066: Harald Hardrada wins Battle of Fulford

  • 20th September 2019
  • Tagged as: 1066, Bayeux Tapestry, England, Harold I, Invasion, Norway, Vikings, William of Normandy
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On the 20th September 1066, Harald Hardrada – the Viking king – defeated his northern English enemies at the Battle of Fulford.

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13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated

  • 13th December 2018
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Danelaw, Edward the Elder, England, Medieval, Mercia, Northumbria, Vikings, Wessex

Æthelwold ætheling, a claimant to the Anglo-Saxon throne was defeated at the Battle of the Holme.

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