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Anglo-Norse England
DanelawIn 865, a massive Danish force landed in East Anglia with intentions far beyond simple raiding. This army, known as the Great Heathen Army, was not merely…
Jorvik Viking CentreIn 1976, the York Archaeological Trust began digging at a site called Coppergate in York. Peter Addyman had founded this charity just four years earlier to…
LindisfarneThe name Lindisfarne appears in the Parker and Peterborough versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 793. In the 9th-century, the island appears under its…
HousecarlThe word housecarl enters the English language through the Old Norse term húskarl, which literally translates to "house man".