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In 927, he conquered the last remaining Viking kingdom, York, making him the first Anglo-Saxon ruler of the whole of England. In 934, he invaded Scotland and forced Constantine II to submit to him, but Æthelstan's rule was resented by the Scots and Vikings, and, in 937, they invaded England.
Map of Britain in 878, showing territory held by the Danes in pink In 871, the Great Summer Army arrived from Scandinavia , led by Bagsecg . [ 41 ] The reinforced Viking army turned its attention to Wessex but the West Saxons, led by King Æthelred 's brother Alfred, defeated them on 8 January 871 at the Battle of Ashdown , slaying Bagsecg in ...
A century later, a botched attempt to conquer Britain was made under the emperor Caligula. [6] Caligula's uncle and successor, Claudius , was the first emperor to oversee a successful invasion. He used as an excuse the pleas for help that came from the Atrebates , Celtic allies of Rome, and landed an army near present-day Richborough . [ 7 ]
Many of his subjects did not like this idea, and shortly before 988, Sweyn, his son, drove his father from the kingdom. [123] The rebels, dispossessed at home, probably formed the first waves of raids on the English coast. [123] The rebels did so well in their raiding that the Danish kings decided to take over the campaign themselves. [124]
Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters, traders, colonists and mercenaries.
616: Autumn – Northumbria invaded and conquered Elmet. 616: Likeliest date for the Battle of Chester, between a Northumbrian army and a Welsh army: heavy Welsh casualties, and their defeat severed the land connection between Wales and the Celts of northwest Britain.
The findings indicate Vikings were not only stealing animals when they arrived in Britain, but brought some with them. Study finds first solid scientific evidence Vikings brought animals to ...
Vikings had been raiding Britain since the late eighth century. In 793, the monastery at Lindisfarne was sacked. [2] Iona Abbey was also repeatedly attacked by Vikings: In 802, the Annals of Ulster note that "Iona was burned by the heathens", in 806 it states that "the community of Iona, to the number of sixty-eight, was killed by the heathens" and in 825 the monk Blathmac was brutally killed ...