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419 – The Wake at Peterborough

The British History Podcast

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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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