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Vikings, according to Clare Downham in Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland, are "people of Scandinavian culture who were active outside Scandinavia ... Danes, Norwegians, Swedish, Hiberno-Scandinavians, Anglo-Scandinavians, or the inhabitants of any Scandinavian colony who affiliated themselves more strongly with the culture of the colonizer than with that of the indigenous population."
Canute sent home most of the Vikings who had helped him conquer England, but he kept a strong bodyguard, the Þingalið, and its members are also mentioned on several runestones. [ 24 ] The vast majority of the runestones, 27, were raised in modern-day Sweden and 17 in the oldest Swedish provinces around lake Mälaren .
The Great Heathen Army, [a] also known as the Viking Great Army, [1] was a coalition of Scandinavian warriors who invaded England in 865 AD.Since the late 8th century, the Vikings [b] had been engaging in raids on centres of wealth, such as monasteries.
Storm in Hjørungavåg (1899) by Gerhard Munthe Jomsvikings fighting in a hail storm at the Battle of Hjörungavágr. The Jomsvikings were a legendary order of Viking mercenaries or conquerors of the 10th and 11th centuries.
Afterwards, some of the Vikings went down the Moselle with their booty to Koblenz, while the rest marched on Metz. The Vikings advancing to Metz were met on 11 April 882 by an army led by the Bishop of Metz, Wala, the Archbishop of Trier, Bertulf, and Count Adalhard II of Metz in the Battle of Remich. The battle was won by the invaders and ...
The Vikings pillaged the city and the surrounding areas. Emir Abd ar-Rahman II of Córdoba mobilized and sent a large force against the Vikings under the command of the hajib (chief-minister) Isa ibn Shuhayd. After a series of indecisive engagements, the Muslim army defeated the Vikings on either 11 or 17 November. Seville was retaken and the ...
The Vikings arrived in Paris on Easter Sunday, 29 March, [8] entered the city and plundered it. [ 5 ] [ 8 ] During the siege, a plague broke out in their camp. The Norse had been exposed to the Christian religion , and after first praying to the Norse gods, they undertook a fast, acting on the advice of one of their Christian prisoners, and the ...
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