419 – The Wake at Peterborough
The British History Podcast
The Danes Set the Abbey on Fire
The monks tried to negotiate a truce with the Danish army, but it didn't work. The Danes rushed the minster and plundered it. They took everything they could find. So much was taken that afterwards the monks couldn't even calculate how much was lost.
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