SMC337H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Viking Age, Omen, Brian Boru
28 Mar 2019
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1066: battle of stamford bridge betw norwegian king and english king harold. 1066: william the bastard wins over harold: this kind of dating is from an english pov; not written in stone. 1098: wales, battle of menai straits: cynan of gwynedd vs earl of shrewsbury, vs. Magnus iii of norway: significant to welsh history; not well recognized in english sources. Viking convenient term but not academically used anymore. Norse; scandinavia neutral terms, from the areas. Hiberno-norse acknowledges the deep roots which the norse set down in ireland. The book of the icelanders", 870 christian period. Irish men lived in iceland, but did not want to live with norse heathens, but left behind much writing. Irish christianity led the irish to travel in the north atlantic a lot. The norse were aware that the irish were the first people there before them. Left ireland as acts of piety, trusting in the will of god to take you where he wants.
