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Soon after assuming the throne of Norway in 1047, Hardrada-who was flamboyant as he was fierce and a prolific composer of heroic sagas-launched into a protracted war with Denmark, not tasting victory until 1064.
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The Viking commander alone was enough to strike terror in the hearts of English defenders: King Harald III Sigurdsson of Norway, aka Harald Hardrada (“the Hard Ruler”), was a career warlord, a broad-shouldered giant of a man who stood well over 6 feet and who had spent the preceding 35 years honing his martial skills in a variety of conflicts, taking him from the royal court in Kiev to the palaces of Byzantium. The invaders lined miles of riverfront with their ships, then disembarked and made for the city of York, just nine miles north of the Ouse. After sacking Scarborough, the Viking force-which largely consisted of Norwegians, as well as Scots, Flemings and some English-sailed up the Humber estuary as far as Riccall on the River Ouse. The berserkers had returned.Īs the village of Cleveland and then the city of Scarborough fell to Norse axes and fire, it became clear that several thousand mounted Normans were no longer England’s most immediate concern. In September 1066, while England warily watched its southern coast, anticipating the Norman invasion force forming up across the channel, a nasty surprise erupted at the other end of the country: A fleet of 300 dragon-headed Viking longships descended from the northeast, bearing some 9,000 armed, plunder-seeking warriors. The Norsemen had formed into a traditional shield wall, against which the oncoming English smashed themselves like waves on a rocky shore. Last of the Vikings - Stamford Bridge, 1066 | HistoryNet Close
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