
390 – Stamford Bridge
The British History Podcast
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Tostig, King Harold Sigerson, and Hadrada
A force of 20 armored men astride 20 armored horses, rode out to the norse lines. When they arrived, one of the horsemen just shouted right over the shield wall and asked if tostig is somewhere in this army. And from somewhere within the thicket of spears and shields, a familiar voice shouted back, ye, i won't deny. I'm here. What of it? Spotting him in the crowd, the writer turned to the exiled earl tostig and told him that the crown was willing to grant him northumbria. Tostig spat back that it sure would have saved a lot of lives if some one had given him that a year
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