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Recreated Viking helmet and weapon — 01 Dec 2017

Burning, Pillaging, and Carving up the Lands: Viking Raids into England - Part II

*By Cam Rea*

*History & Tradition*

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Vikings in history and popular culture are known as strong and dangerous, bloodthirsty killers, raiders, pillagers – pirates of land and sea. But who were the Vikings, and what were the causes of their raids across Northern Europe during the...
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19 May 2016

Eadric Streona: One of the Worst Britons Ever?

*By Charles Christian*

*History & Tradition*

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– or how one greedy, treacherous Saxon earl weakened the English monarchy and paved the way for the Norman Conquest. According to an article that appeared in the BBC History Magazine in 2005, a relatively obscure Saxon nobleman called Eadric...
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Danegeld

Burning, Pillaging, and Carving up the Lands: Viking Raids into England - Part II

Eadric Streona: One of the Worst Britons Ever?