Horik Gudfredsson was the King of the Danes. Read more. The Ãsir will welcome me.
He forced Æthelred into exile, although the definitive conquest of England was only achieved under his son Cnut (or Canute).In 1016, Cnut became king of England, and after further campaigns in Scandinavia he could claim in 1027 to be 'king of the whole of England and Denmark and Norway and of parts of Sweden'.William won and the last English royal dynasty perished.Cnut was a strong and effective king. The DÃsir summon me home, those whom Odin sends for me (Valkyries) from the halls of the Lord of Hosts. There were three broad social classes: the nobles or jarls, the middle class or karls and the slaves or thralls. He has published a number of books and articles on early medieval France, including,An excerpt from the 'Parker Chronicle', the oldest surviving manuscript from the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' (890 AD).This page has been archived and is no longer updated.The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. After plundering and occupying the city, he withdrew after receiving a payment of 7,000 French livres from the French king. In 991 AD the Danes acquired 4,500 kg of silver in return for going home.By 1012, payments to the Danes, known as 'Danegeld', had increased to 22,000 kg. The legend of the Krákumál, which was probably written in Iceland during the twelfth century, reports that Ragnar sang his death song, exhibiting pride that he would soon enter Valhalla, and expressed confidence that a bloody revenge would be reeked by his sons:-,"It gladdens me to know that Baldr's father (Odin) makes ready the benches for a banquet. The champion who comes into Odin's dwelling (Valhalla) does not lament his death. Gofraid mac Fergusa I laugh as I die. Soon we shall be drinking ale from the curved horns. Ancient Kings of Lejre. Both these rulers were in many ways even more important in the history of England than Alfred himself.In a few expeditions Edward (with the direct military help of his sister Æthelflæd, widow of the Mercian king) conquered the south of England from the Danes, and incorporated Mercia itself into his kingdom.The 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' tells us that Edward built a fortress at Bakewell (Derbyshire), and there he was chosen 'father and lord' by the king of the Scots, the king of the Strathclyde Welsh, and the people of Northumbria.All of them were perhaps in need of protection from aggression by the Vikings of Dublin.There was a similar submission to Æthelstan in 927 AD, at Eamont (Cumbria), when Welsh kings as well as the Scottish king submitted to him. They also promoted the idea that St Columba, the founder of the monastery of Iona, was the apostle of all those in the north.The Viking raids in England were sporadic until the 840s AD, but in the 850s Viking armies began to winter in England, and in the 860s they began to assemble larger armies with the clear intent of conquest.In 865 AD they forced the East Angles to help supply an army, which in 866 AD captured York and in 867 AD took over the southern part of the kingdom of Northumbria.Later traditions saw Ragnar Hairy-Breeks and his son Ívarr the Boneless as the two main Viking leaders, responsible not only for killing Ælla, King of Northumbria in 867 AD but also Edmund, King of the East Angles in 869 AD, and for destroying Dumbarton, the fortress of the British kings of Strathclyde.The normally reliable 'Annals of Ulster' recorded Ívarr's death in Ireland in 873 AD and described him as 'king of the Northmen in the whole of Ireland and Britain'.The man we then see more clearly in the sources as the Viking leader, Hálfdan, was later believed to be Ívarr's brother. Lejre that is one of Scandinavia’s largest. New bishoprics were established in the areas conquered from the Vikings.Raids were on a large scale and their object was extortion.But above all this reformation was about the re-establishment and strict reform of monasticism.Edgar relied on three men in particular - Dunstan (archbishop of Canterbury, 960 - 988 AD), Oswald (bishop of Worcester, 961 - 992 AD, and archbishop of York, 971 - 992 AD) and Æthelwold (bishop of Winchester, 963 - 984 AD).The process was sealed by the 'Regularis Concordia' of 973 AD, a document of monastic reform that relied heavily on continental models.