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1.15 - 7 Alfred the Great and the fight for survival

The History of England

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Viking Occupations and New Danish Kings

The Vikings occupy Repton, damaging the church and mortuary chapel, and bury their own in the Anglo-Saxon churchyard. They also introduce new Danish kings who engage in plotting and pillaging, resulting in the ousting of the English king and the survival of the independent English kingdom of Benecia for a few more decades.

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