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390 – Stamford Bridge

The British History Podcast

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The Invasion Warfare

Viking warriors were working temp jobs as swineherds, milkmaids and daycarenanies. The sagas also indicate the english hadn't brought them everything the invasion army thought they were owed. So we're told that hadrata's men spent a portion of the morning finding nearby farms and cattle rustling and sheep. But whatever you call it, there are now viking warriors strewn about the yorkshire countryside,. Hunting for stray livestock, tackling toddlers and cursing their bad luck for having drawn inland duty. Surely, this day could not get any worse.

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