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  2. Viking raid warfare and tactics - Wikipedia

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    Parts of the tactics and warfare of the Vikings were driven by their cultural belief, themselves rooted in Norse culture and religion, recounted in the Poetic Edda, and vividly recalled in the later Icelandic sagas written in the 13th-14th centuries; after the Christianisation of the Nordic world. Following the path of warriorhood, which was ...

  3. Svinfylking - Wikipedia

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    Sketch of the Svinfylking. The Svinfylking, Old Norse for "swine array" or "boar snout", [1] was a formation used in battle. Related to the wedge formation, it was used in Iron Age Scandinavia and later by the Vikings. [2]

  4. Battle of Buttington - Wikipedia

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    Kingdom of Wessex. Viking [b] raids began in England in the late 8th century and Wales in the mid 9th century. [2] [3] [4] The raiding continued on and off until the 860s, when instead of raiding the Viking changed their tactics and sent a great army to invade England.

  5. Great Heathen Army - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. Viking Age arms and armour - Wikipedia

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    As war was the most prestigious activity in Viking Age Scandinavia, beautifully finished weapons were an important way for a warrior to display his wealth and status. [2] A wealthy Viking would likely have a complete ensemble of a spear, a wooden shield, and either a battle axe or a sword. Battle axes were considered the "normal weapon" for ...

  7. Viking raids in the Rhineland - Wikipedia

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    The Viking raids in the Rhineland were part of a series of invasions of Francia by the Vikings that took place during the final decades of the 9th century. From the Rhineland, which can be regarded as the nucleus of Frankish culture, the Franks had previously conquered almost the whole of Central Europe and established a great empire.

  8. Category:Viking warfare - Wikipedia

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  9. Category:Battles involving the Vikings - Wikipedia

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    Rus'–Byzantine War (907) Rus'–Byzantine War (941) S. Sack of Santiago de Compostela; ... Viking raid on Seville; Vikings in Iberia; Y. Battle of York (867)