SC - Re: Period Norse

[Michael Newton]

In a nutshell this is correct, but the real factor to the Normans winning
was the Saxon Fyrd pursued the Norman Knights at the wrong time and were cut
to ribbons.

Thorbjorn
Father died at Hastings
Death to Normans
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From: "Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at efn.org>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: SC - Re: Period Norse


>
>
> "Alderton, Philippa" wrote:
> >
> > UlfR skrev:
> >
> > >And if anyone asks me if King Canutes wife *actually* published a
> > cookbook I will do something annoying <
> >
> > Who is King Canute?
>
> Did you really want to know?
>
> *heh*heh*heh*
>
> Canute/Knute/Cnut (whoever you want to spell it) was a Danish king wish
> an eye towards expansion. He sailed over and took a sizable chunk of
> England for himself in 1014, starting the time known as Danelaw. He and
> his family ruled a fair amount of England for several generations- and
> when Edward the Confessor (who was a stepson of Cnut) died in 1066,
> another of Cnut's line- Harald Hardrada, sailed to England to claim what
> he thought was his. Harold Godwinson met him with an army at Stamford
> Bridge and managed to kill Hardrada and Godwinson's brother Tostig (who
> was being a jerk and fighting for the Other Guy), BUT this left Harold's
> troops too pooped to turn around, marchmarchmarch, and beat off the
> Normans landing in the south...
>
> And that is the Rest of the Story...
>
> 'Lainie
>
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