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| Danish king Challenged Charlemenge and attacked Frisca |
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| united normandy into one kingdom 872-930 in 872 after a series of wars norway was united under his rule |
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| a saint and a christian missionary visited sweden could not convert until the end of the viking age |
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| united Norway into one kingdom |
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| 3rd king of norway son of harald tried to introduce christianity to norway |
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| where alfred the great took back england converting the vikings to christianity |
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| Leader of the great viking army that desended on East Anglian region of england was defeated bye alfred |
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| A leader of the great viking army with halfdan killed saint edmund for not wanting to be the vassal of pagon |
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| suddeded charlemnge as king of the franks after his death his three sons fought over the kingship spliting the kingdom in to 3 parts |
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| Robert of normandy founder and ruler of viking normandy |
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| eldest daughter of king alfred an atempt on her life was made by vikings to break alliance between wessex and mercia survied and married became leader was very strong |
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| wall constructed across the jutland penisula |
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| Viking ship found in a burial mound at the Oseberg farm in norway was for queen asa |
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| Moastery were first recorded raid took place 793 starting the viking age |
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| In Jutland site of viking farm 6 - 700ad-1000ad each had a crop all grew grain |
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| trade and mercantile ships broader and deeper than long ships |
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| national parliament "all thing of iceland beginning of the icelandic common wealth general of leaders for law stuff |
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| The vikings that intergrated with the scotish and ireish natives adopting to the gaelic lifestyle |
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| village near Dublin site of the battle of Clontarf that sperated ireland in to smaller kingdoms between the vikings and brian boru |
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| High king of Ireland from 1002-1014 killed in the battle of Clontarf |
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| Icelandic historian wrote the prose edda narritive or norse mythology theroy that gods were once great war leaders and kings |
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| stones with markings often attributed to odin |
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| very well preserved viking items found under city buildings 1979-81 |
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| payment due for crimes commited homicide or other wrongful deaths etc.. |
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| written in the 13th century a collection of old norse poems preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius |
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