That was a huge army for the time. Most Viking armies were smaller, perhaps 1000 to 2000 men. Image caption, A re-enactment of Viking battle in York. King Alfred was prepared though, having ...
Bristling with spears and swords, Viking and Slav reenactors face off in a mock battle during a festival ... as a Viking army invaded and conquered three Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, leaving bodies ...
The second plenary lecture at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, sponsored by De Gruyter and Medieval Institute Publications, will be given by Dawn Hadley (Univ. of York) and is ...
Perhaps it was even looted from the defeated Viking army after the battle of Stamford Bridge and lost as Harold's army rushed southward to Hastings to meet William's invading Norman army.