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It is unknown what triggered the Norse expansion and conquests.
The earliest date given for a Viking raid is 787 AD when, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a group of men from Norway sailed to the Isle of Portland in Dorset. There, they were mistaken for merchants by a royal official. They murdered him when he tried to get them to accompany him to the king's manor to pay a trading tax on their goods.
8 June 793 Vikings destroyed the abbey on Lindisfarne, a centre of learning famous across the continent. Monks were killed in the abbey, thrown into the sea to drown or carried away as slaves along with the church treasures.
There is no record of eye witnesses regarding the 787 AD event and the Norvegian side of the story was never recorded. The 793 AD event could be an act of revenge for what actually transpired six years earlier. We might never know for sure.
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Who crated soccer?
Anglo Saxons and the Vikings at a battle in England.
Did the vikings take over the anglo saxons?
no both were germanic but they fought they were cousins
How did invasions by the angles Saxons magyars and Vikings influence the development of Europe?
i dont know
How did invasion by the angles Saxons Magyars and the Vikings influence the development of Europe?
i dont know
Who were the leaders at the battle of Stamford Bridge?
Harold Godwinson was in charge of the saxons, Harald Hardraada was in charge of the vikings.
Are vikings the same as Saxons?
No they are not, the vikings fought the Saxons. The Saxons were the English.
What tribes crossed the North Sea to the British Isles?
The vikings, Angles and Saxons
Was France ever occupied with Romans Saxons or vikings?
Gaul, modern day France and partially modern day Spain, was occupied by Romans. Never Vikings or Saxons.
Who crated soccer?
Anglo Saxons and the Vikings at a battle in England.
Who successfully invaded and settled England?
Romans, Angles, Saxons, Vikings, Normans.
What 3 groups in medieval England time?
Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Vikings
Which country colonised England?
Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Vikings, Normans.
Who settled in Britain the 9th 10th and 11th century?
The Angles, Saxons and Vikings.
What trible setteled in England after the fall of the roman empire?
The Angles, the Saxons and the Vikings.
Did the vikings take over the anglo saxons?
no both were germanic but they fought they were cousins
Who worshipped Thor?
The Vikings, Scandinavians, Anglo-Saxons and the Germanic tribes.
Who were the vikings feared by?
They were feared by many forms of christian like the monks and angle-saxons
