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Vikings Valhalla 1.8: Trust No One
The Norway scenes in this episode are mostly invention, based loosely on saga material. For your edification, here is a very simplified account of historical events in Norway from 1000 to 1030 pulled from The Oxford Illustrated History of the … Read More
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Tagged Aelfgyva of Northampton, Cnut, Emma of Normandy, Jarl Haakon, Kattegat, Olaf Haraldsson, Swein Forkbeard
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Vikings Valhalla 1.7: And Now–Too Many Kings
Let me begin with the Norway plot and then put it aside while I deal with events in England. Almost everything that happens in Norway is invented. Kattegat itself is invented and I suppose that having this imaginary place as … Read More
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Tagged Aelfgyva of Northampton, Edmund Ironside, Emma of Normandy, Godwin, Kattegat, Swein Forkbeard
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