Vikings Final 3
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Norwegian | English |
|---|---|
| Eirik Bloodaxe |  second king of norway last king of north umbria son of harold fairhair |
| Hakon the Good | son of harold fairhair brother of eirik was a christian but reverted back to his pagan ways, son of harold fairhair brother of eirik was a christian but reverted back to his pagan ways |
| Harold Bluetooth | King of Denmark got denmark to become more Christianize |
| Olaf Tryggvason | was king of Norway 995-1000 played an important role in converting the vikings to Christianity |
| Battle of Maldon | English fought against a viking invasion which ended in defeat the first form of daneguild between aethelred and vikings, English fought against a viking invasion which ended in defeat the first form of daneguild between aethelred and vikings |
| St Olaf | created the infrastructure for Christianity in Norway |
| Swein Forkbeard | ruler over most of Norway and later England was the son of Harold Bluetooth |
| Danegeld | a sum of money given to the vikings to save land from being ravaged |
| knut the Great | led a conquest of England where he became king |
| Aethelred | lost the battle of maldon and paid the firs danegeld |
| Emma | Queen of england twice married to Aethelred and Knut |
| Edward | Son of Aethlelred was loved because he was an English kings in England |
| Harald Hardrada | lost at the battle of stamford bridge his death is seen as the end of the viking age. Interacted with the byzantine empire |
| Battle of Stamford Bridge | battle between King harold godwinson and Harold Hardrada. Hardrada lost the battle viking army was divided into two |
| Harold Godwinson | was the last anglo saxon king of England before the Norman invasion, most powerful noble, became king of england in 1066 after death of Edward the Confessor, ruled for brief time until defeated and killed at the Battle of Hastings |
| Tostig | Died at the battle of Stamford Bridge was Harold Godwinsons brother but was exciled |
| William The Conqueror | invaded England in the battle of Hastings and successfully conquered and became king |
| Battle Of Hastings | the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest |
| bayeux tapestry | a tapestry that recounts the battle of hastings |
| Svein Estridsson | king of denmark engaged in battle with magnus |
| Magnus | king of norway was the son of St Olaf |
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