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8th Century


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700-799 AD in Northern England:

  • 8th June 793 AD: the first Viking raid on Britain at Lindisfarne

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Anglo-Saxon (410 to 1066 AD)
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Reconstructed Viking longboat "Hugin"
- Photo by "Midnightblueowl", 1 August 2008, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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Dragons roam here!

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Viking Longboat 'Hugin', Ramsgate

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Draken Harald Hårfagre

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Fête médiévale « Des Vikings à Rieux ! »

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Coin of of Ælfwald of Northumbria
- "A silver sceat [coin], .5 fine, 1 5grains, of King Ælfwald I of Northumbria, King Eadberht's grandson, who ruled from 778 until his murder in 788." Public Domain image c/o …

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