VIKINGS Invasion of AlbioN
Year 793, by the King’s Calendar NORTHUMBRIA ST CUTHBERT’S MONASTERY BLOOD OF THE PRIESTS OF GOD BEGINNING OF THE VIKING AGE
origins NOWADAYS NORWAY, DENMARK SWEDEN RURAL HOMELAND AGRICULTURE AND FISHING SEAFARERS AND TRADERS
A VIKING settlement
APPEARANCE IRON HELMETS LARGE ROUND SHIELDS LEATHER OUTFITS WITH ADDONS OF MAIL IRON HELMETS LARGE ROUND SHIELDS PRIMARILY GREATAXES, MACES AND SWORDS WELL-ARMED AND FORMIDABLE OPPONENTS
VIKING WARRIORS
VIKING WARRIORS BY GENDER SHIELDMAIDEN VIKING RAIDER VIKING WARRIORS BY GENDER
Ragnar LODBROK LEGENDARY VIKING HERO THE SCOURGE OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND DISTINGUISHED RAIDER THROWN INTO A PIT OF SNAKES
SIGURD SNAKE-IN-THE-EYE THE SONS OF LODBROK VENGEFUL SONS RENOWNED CONQUERORS BJORN IRONSIDE IVAR THE BONELESS SIGURD SNAKE-IN-THE-EYE HALFDAN RAGNARSSON UBBA
THE GREAT HEATHEN ARMY INVASION OF ALBION ACCORDING TO LEGENDS, CONQUERED THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND LED BY THE SONS OF RAGNAR EAST ANGLIA, ESSEX, KENT, MERCIA, NORTHUMBRIA, WESSEX AND SUSSEX
CONQUEST OF PARADISE ONE BY ONE LANDED IN NORTHUMBRIA, ESTABLISHED A KINGDOM EAST ANGLIA, TOOK HORSES CENTRAL ENGLISH KINGDOM OF MERCIA FINALLY, WESSEX LAND RIPE FOR TAKING FULL OF TREASURES
DOWNFALL BATTLE OF EDINGTON, 878 KING ALFRED “THE GREAT” OF WESSEX DISPERSAL OF THE GREAT ARMY THE BEGINNING OF THE END
THE END OF THE VIKING AGE DIVIDED ENGLAND 80 YEARS OF STRUGGLE 954, RULERS OF WESSEX BECOME KINGS OF A UNITED ENGLAND
LEGACY ORKNEY, SCOTLAND NORMANDY, FRANCE DUBLIN, IRELAND YORK, ENGLAND KIEV, RUSSIA NOVGOROD, RUSSIA WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION RESPECT FOUND ALL OVER THE KNOWN WORLD WEALTH OF SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK
FUN FACTS THE BLOOD EAGLE THE VARANGIAN GUARD DISCOVERY OF AMERICA EXCELLENT HYGIENE BURIED IN BOATS ACTIVE IN SLAVE TRADE SKIED FOR FUN
LITERATURE www.deviantart.com – DeviantArt, pictures; www.historyworld.net – History World; www.historyextra.com – History Extra; www.livescience.com – Live Science; www.history.com – History Channel, fun facts.
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