The Vikings
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Viking History
were a group of Scandinavian raiders that were around
from about the 8th century to the 11th. They mainly attacked the British
Islands , the Frankish empire, England, but they also plundered places such
as the Iberian peninsula and northern Africa. Vikings did not always
settle in ....
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.... were chosen by the Vikings,
on the 8th of June in 793 to be the first major victim of one of their
raids. Their arrival was seen first far off, they could see dragon head
carvings on their well crafted ships slowly coming closer and closer to the
shore. As soon as they got out of their boats the Vikings poured onto land
ripping off the monk's clothing and tearing their bodies apart with their
sharp swords, and sometimes drowned them. Viking raiders tipped over the
cross of Bishop Ethelwo ....
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