An Onslaught of Spears [electronic resource] : The Danish Conquest of England
James, Jeffrey2014
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Earlier kings of Wessex had held and pushed back the tide of Danish encroachment, but faced by wave after wave of incursions from powerful Scandinanvian raiders, including fierce Thorkill 'the tall', wily Olaf Tryggvason and the redoubtable Swein Forkbeard, the English forces buckled under the mounting pressure. Though losing and then regaining his kingdom through force of arms makes him one of only two English monarchs ever to do so, Aethelred II remains an enigma, slighted as the 'unready'. No less so his son Edmund (Ironside), whose energetic campaign against Canute in 1016 would decide England's fate. For the first time, the military history of this turbulent period of conflict reveals the true nature of England's armies and her kings.
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[Place of publication not identified] : The History Press, 2014
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9780750951982
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English
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2751994
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