Peter Nicolai Arbo England 5th January 1066 , The English king Edward the confessor and then earl Harold Godwinson was proclaimed king at Westminster Abbey the day after the 6th. Edward the confessor had promised both Harold and William "Bastard" of Normandy the seat of the throne before he died. Both men were distant relatives to the childless Edward the confessor. When William heard of it he quickly raised an army. Harald Hardrada also claimed the English throne and he was faster than William the bastard and on 8th September,1066 240-300 Viking ships landed on the beaches of Scarborough and began an attempt to gain the English throne. 20th September,1066 Battle of Fulford : Harald Hardrada defeated the English earls Edwin and Walther. 2 days later Harald Hardrada attacked and conquered York. 24th September,1066 Harold Godwinson arrived after marching from London. 25th September,1066 Battle of Stamford bridge Battle of Stamford bridge Harald...
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A Thors hammer jewel |
The bishop Highbald of Lindisfarne whom ruled from 780 died on 24 June 803.(F.M Powicke set the date to the 25 May 802). Highbald survived the raid and he wrote letters to Alcuin of York, who was a scholar at the court of Charlemagne; where he complained about the raid on Lindisfarne on 8 January 793 in which his church was looted and many of his monks were captured to be sold as slaves or were drowned at the sea.
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Viking tools and weapons |
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