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Author | : MR Benjamin James Baillie |
Publisher | : Benjamin James Baillie |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2016-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780993045547 |
The Viking age exploded like a thunderbolt out of the blue onto the international stage during the latter part of the 8th century. By the middle of the next century, the piratical raids for booty and plunder gave way to outright conquest and colonisation. In the West, the British Isles bore the brunt of this aggression in the form of the campaigns of the "Great Heathen Army" which not only dismantled the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England, but also the Pictish and Briton dominions of modern day Scotland and the Celtic Principalities of Ireland. On the continent of mainland Europe Viking armies challenged the great Empire of Charlemagne. Ragnar Lodbrok's sack of Paris in 845 AD showed that no city or Kingdom was safe from the fury of the North-men. His sons and other Viking warlords embarked on a reign of terror that would bring Western civilisation to its very knees, eventually resulting in the creation of the Duchy of Normandy at the Treaty of St Clair Sur Epte in 911 AD. However Viking campaigns to create a second Normandy in Brittany, Aquitaine and Spain have been shrouded in mystery until now.
Author | : MR Benjamin James Baillie |
Publisher | : Benjamin James Baillie |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2015-05-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780993045516 |
In 865 AD a huge Viking army appeared out of the mists of the North Sea from Scandinavia and landed on the East Anglian coast. Their objective was nothing less than the total conquest of Anglo-Saxon England and the whole of the British Isles. Numbering some 10,000 to 15,000 men the "Great Heathen Army" was the largest invasion force since Roman Legions had landed on the shores of Britannia back in 43 AD. During a 14 year reign of terror they left a brutal trail of destruction in their wake. At its head the army was led by the vengeful sons of the Viking adventurer, Ragnar Lodbrok "Hairy breeches." The mastermind behind the invasion became one of the most feared and cruel warlords of the Viking age, Ivar "the Boneless." His shadow cast a dark cloud over the British Isles that ultimately led to the unification and creation of the nation state of England.
Author | : Ryan MacNeill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
"In the year 865 CE, a coalition of Viking forces combined to form an army aimed at the conquest and settlement of England. Known as The Great Heathen Army, these Vikings managed to capture most of the territory that today constitutes England, with the notable exception of the English kingdom of Wessex. And so, despite many successes, they failed to conquer all of English territory. Though these events, which transpired throughout the 860s and 870s, are well documented, the Viking perspective is rarely taken into account and there has yet to have been an argument that pinpoints how and why the Great Army was defeated. The purpose of this thesis will be to determine why the Great Army failed in their attempt to conquer all of the lands that belonged to the Anglo-Saxons"--Abstract, leaf ii.
Author | : Paul Hill |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2008-09-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1781598363 |
In the spring of 878 at the Battle of Edington the tide of English history turned. Alfred's decisive defeat of Guthrum the Dane freed much of the south and west of England from Danish control and brought to a halt Guthrum's assault on Alfred's Wessex. The battle was the culmination of a long period of preparation by Alfred in the wilderness - a victory snatched from the jaws of catastrophic defeat. As such, this momentous turning point around which an entire nation's future pivoted, has given rise to legends and misconceptions that persist to the present day. Paul Hill, in this stimulating and meticulously researched study, brings together the evidence of the medieval chronicles and the latest historical and archaeological research to follow the struggle as it swung across southern England in the ninth century. He dispels the myths that have grown up around this critical period in English history, and he looks at Alfred's war against the Vikings with modern eyes.
Author | : Martin Biddle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Excavations (Archaeology) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anders Winroth |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2014-09-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1400851904 |
A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships to explore. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history. Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, Anders Winroth captures the innovation and pure daring of the Vikings without glossing over their destructive heritage. He not only explains the Viking attacks, but also looks at Viking endeavors in commerce, politics, discovery, and colonization, and reveals how Viking arts, literature, and religious thought evolved in ways unequaled in the rest of Europe. The Age of the Vikings sheds new light on the complex society, culture, and legacy of these legendary seafarers.
Author | : Ray Notgrass |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781609990848 |
Author | : Nestor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Kievan Rus |
ISBN | : |
Chronicle covers the years 852-1116 of Russian history.
Author | : Ella S. Armitage |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Architecture, Norman |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Clare Downham |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2017-12-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110854794X |
Medieval Ireland is often described as a backward-looking nation in which change only came about as a result of foreign invasions. By examining the wealth of under-explored evidence available, Downham challenges this popular notion and demonstrates what a culturally rich and diverse place medieval Ireland was. Starting in the fifth century, when St Patrick arrived on the island, and ending in the fifteenth century, with the efforts of the English government to defend the lands which it ruled directly around Dublin by building great ditches, this up-to-date and accessible survey charts the internal changes in the region. Chapters dispute the idea of an archaic society in a wide-range of areas, with a particular focus on land-use, economy, society, religion, politics and culture. This concise and accessible overview offers a fresh perspective on Ireland in the Middle Ages and overthrows many enduring stereotypes.