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The Vikings' Armed Family Migration
4:26:02 - 4:44:37 (18:35)
The Vikings took over Northumbria, making it their base for attacking other places. The group was described as an armed family migration, and there were echoes of American pioneer mythology in this event.
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The Vikings used a method called "fixing their winter quarters" where they would quickly fortify a camp to become their new home, and then move their crowd into this fortified camp, a form of armed family migration.
4:26:02 - 4:31:42 (05:40)
Summary
The Vikings used a method called "fixing their winter quarters" where they would quickly fortify a camp to become their new home, and then move their crowd into this fortified camp, a form of armed family migration. This was the case in Northumbria, East Anglia, Mercia, and Wessex in the ninth century, and the Anglo Saxon Chronicle would repeatedly mention this method.
ChapterThe Vikings' Armed Family Migration
EpisodeShow 69 - Twilight of the Aesir
PodcastDan Carlin's Hardcore History
The Danes overran Thetford killing King Edmund in a battle and destroyed all the monasteries in the land.
4:31:42 - 4:34:24 (02:42)
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The Danes overran Thetford killing King Edmund in a battle and destroyed all the monasteries in the land. The Vikings have added another territory and killed another king in Britain.
ChapterThe Vikings' Armed Family Migration
EpisodeShow 69 - Twilight of the Aesir
PodcastDan Carlin's Hardcore History
This episode discusses the early life of King Alfred the Great, highlighting how important he would later become to British history.
4:34:24 - 4:40:02 (05:38)
Summary
This episode discusses the early life of King Alfred the Great, highlighting how important he would later become to British history.
ChapterThe Vikings' Armed Family Migration
EpisodeShow 69 - Twilight of the Aesir
PodcastDan Carlin's Hardcore History
This podcast episode discusses how Viking groups formed alliances with other squatters and settled down in territories.
4:40:02 - 4:44:37 (04:35)
Summary
This podcast episode discusses how Viking groups formed alliances with other squatters and settled down in territories. The Vikings became Alfred the Great's arch nemesis, whom he had to deal with throughout his life.