Hunting the Viking Great Heathen Army

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In 865 AD Britain was invaded by the Great Heathen Army an alliance of Scandanavian warriors determined to conquer the kingdoms of East Anglia, Northumbria, Merica and Wessex. Over the next few years, all of those kingdoms would fall to the Viking forces with the exception of Wessex. In May 878 Alfred the Great defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Edington. However, despite this defeat, the Vikings did not leave, but rather reached an agreement with Alfred allowing them to retain control of much of the north and east of England in what would become known as the Danelaw. Professor Cat Jarman joins Dan as they travel across the country exploring the key sites of the Viking conquest and looking to discover what may still be to discover about the Great Heathen Army.

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, welcome to Dan Snow's History.
0:03.3	How are you all doing?
0:04.3	Good to have you listen to this episode, because,
0:06.8	it's a very special episode, I get back on the road.
0:08.9	I'm getting out there today.
0:10.3	I'm breaking my curfew.
0:11.8	I'm heading out with Captain Jarman,
0:14.1	Dr. Captain Jarman.
0:15.4	We're going to be looking for some Vikings,
0:16.9	and I mean literally looking for some Vikings.
0:20.7	We're visiting sites across England,
0:23.2	where the great Heathen Army, Vikings,
0:26.7	Northmen arrived in the mid-to-late eight-sixties,
0:30.8	toppled one English kingdom after another.
0:35.2	East Anglia,
0:36.6	Mercia, Northumbria,
0:38.9	and then pushed into Wessex,
0:40.8	where they met Alfred in Baton.
0:43.8	In this episode you'll hear us traveling to a number of sites
0:46.8	that catas identified as potential sites
0:49.7	linked to that great Heathen Army.
0:51.9	She knows more about the archaeology of the Great Heathen Army,
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