St. Brice’s Day Massacre
Way, way back in the day, the unfortunately named King Aethelred the Unready was warned that the Danish men in the Kingdom of England would “faithlessly take his life, and...
The Battle of Stamford Bridge
On September 25, 1066, the Viking Age came to an end in England with the defeat of the Norwegian army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. 1066 was a pretty...
Enough is Enough
Peace at last (for the time being)! On August 5, 910, the last major army sent by the Danes to raid England was defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall, near...
The Viking Invasion
On June 8 (or thereabouts) in 793, Vikings raided the monastery of Lindisfarne in the northeast of England, spreading terror throughout Britain and ushering in the Viking Age of Invasion....