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    Viking activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Middle Ages, the 8th to the 11th centuries CE, when Scandinavians travelled to the British...
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    Danelaw (redirect from Vikings in England)
    York List of monarchs of Northumbria Kingdom of Dublin Kingdom of the Isles English language in Northern England Viking activity in the British Isles Higham...
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    peace" with the Vikings. The Vikings appointed a compliant native prince Ecgberht as puppet ruler of Northumbria. Five years later, in 872, when the Great...
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    king since the expulsion of the previous Viking rulers in 902. Sitriuc ruled Northumbria until his death in 927. Manuscript D of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
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    Scotland under temporary Ui Imair control. Three years earlier Vikings had seized Northumbria, forming the Kingdom of York and subsequently conquered much...
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    all of Northumbria to his rule.. "The Víking Era (793-~1100 CE)". gersey.tripod.com. "UK Battlefields Resource Centre – Britons, Saxons & Vikings – The...
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    Kingdom of Northumbria, parts of Mercia, and East Anglia. Viking navigators opened the road to new lands to the north, west and east, resulting in the foundation...
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    different. The Viking devastation of Northumbria's Holy Island was reported by the Northumbrian scholar Alcuin of York, who wrote: "Never before in Britain has...
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    throne of England in 1016 in the wake of centuries of Viking activity in northwestern Europe. His later accession to the Danish throne in 1018 brought the...
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    Causantín mac Cináeda (category Scottish pre-union military personnel killed in action)
    likely that the reign of Causantín witnessed increased activity by Vikings, based in Ireland, Northumbria and northern Britain. He died fighting one such invasion...
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