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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| The Frankish attacked the Saxons |
The nuns of Lyminge were granted refuge in Canterbury to escape attackung vikings.
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Saxon resistance against Charlemagne, was crushed merciless. The solution was mass deportations. The whole Saxon peasant population of 10,000 families which lived north of the Elbe were deported to the Rhine river area and their empty homeland was taken over by the Obrotrites , a Slavic tribe allied with the Franks.
Charlemagne himself, overlooked the whole operation in Hollenstedt, at the river Elbe.
Obrotrites mass invaded from their homelands in Mecklenburg into the now empty area of Wagria.
These atrocities made the Danish king Godfred to assemble a Viking cavalry force and navy near Sliesthorp(Hedeby first mentioned in Chronichles of Einhard). South of the river Elbe.
Godfred had also reinforced Dannevirke, by building Kovirke. Frankish annals told that Godfred was king in Jutland,Vestfold and Scania.
Charlemagne build a huge military camp and Charlemagne made a demand to the Danes: deliver all Saxon refugees. This demand was firmly denied by Godfred.
Godfred sent his Royal emissaries to negotiate with Charlemagne but the dispute was not solved.
Saxon resistance against Charlemagne, was crushed merciless. The solution was mass deportations. The whole Saxon peasant population of 10,000 families which lived north of the Elbe were deported to the Rhine river area and their empty homeland was taken over by the Obrotrites , a Slavic tribe allied with the Franks.
Charlemagne himself, overlooked the whole operation in Hollenstedt, at the river Elbe.
Obrotrites mass invaded from their homelands in Mecklenburg into the now empty area of Wagria.
These atrocities made the Danish king Godfred to assemble a Viking cavalry force and navy near Sliesthorp(Hedeby first mentioned in Chronichles of Einhard). South of the river Elbe.
Godfred had also reinforced Dannevirke, by building Kovirke. Frankish annals told that Godfred was king in Jutland,Vestfold and Scania.
Charlemagne build a huge military camp and Charlemagne made a demand to the Danes: deliver all Saxon refugees. This demand was firmly denied by Godfred.
Godfred sent his Royal emissaries to negotiate with Charlemagne but the dispute was not solved.
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| Frankish warrior with throwing axe early 9th century |
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