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Estrid Svensdatter, daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard and sister of Cnut, was born c.990s and lived at last until after 105...
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It may well have been news of the wholesale slaughter of Danes in 1002 that was ordered by King Æthelred that motivat...
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One site of the St. Brice's Day Massacre in 1002 seems to have been Oxford. Æthelred called it in a 1004 charter "a m...
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Clashes with Danes and England resulted in establishing the Danelaw, originally just the set of Danish laws agreed up...
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European history classrooms in America often talk about the Danish King Cnut (Canute) and his conquest of England. Th...
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It must have been a shock when Thorkell the Tall, a leader and warrior of the early 12th-century Danish invasion of E...
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The Danish raid on Canterbury in 1011 included a leader named Thorkell the Tall. He was an important enough man that ...
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Alfheah (also Alphege, was captured during an invasion of Vikings in 1011. Eadric Streo...
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Yesterday mentioned that Eadric Streona failed to negotiate the release of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Ælfheah, fro...
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Eadric, the son of Ethelric, started as a relative unknown. His father was at the court of Æthelred the Unready, but ...
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After Edmund of East Anglia began to be treated as a saint, he became an important focal point for Christians in East...
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Edmund, son of Æthelred the Unready and his first wife Ælfgifu of York, was likely born between 990 and 993, one of s...
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When King Edmund of East Anglia bought off the Vikings of the Great Heathen Army in 865, he might have thought he was...
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The Kingdom of East Anglia formed in the first half of the 6th century. Its first king was Wehha, ruling people who c...
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There were few times in England's Medieval period when it was not at war with someone. Even when they were not forced...
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After returning to England from failed Crusade attempts, Edmund had to deal with some unrest. His father, Henry III, ...
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When Henry III's son Edmund Crouchback was 23 years old, he pledged to go on crusade with his brother, Edward, and a ...
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Henry III wanted another son. His first son, Edward, was followed by a daughter, Margaret, and Henry needed at least ...
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A queen can have several duties, one of which is to produce heirs that can either succeed their parents or be used to...
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The citizens of London may have welcomed their new queen when she and Henry III rode to Westminster for the coronatio...