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The Life and Death of Sigurd the Mighty

Photo: Map of North-eastern Scotland showing Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Moray. At his death, Sigurd Eysteinsson controlled the area north … More

caithness, infection, mael brigte, moray, Norway, orkney, Scandinavia, sigurd, teeth, unusual death, Viking

The 1016 Invasion of England

Photo: Ashingdon hill, a possible site of the Battle of Assandun. Others argue the battle occoured at Ashdon. In 1014, … More

Aethelred, Assandun, cnut, Edmund II, edmund ironside, England, Viking, Viking Invasion of England
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