The author, a Norwegian scholar, presents how the Norse destroyed a prosperous Anglo-Saxon kingdom as the last Viking Age came to an end and Scandinavian kingdoms emerged alongside other European nations. The end of the tenth and beginning of the eleventh centuries saw a second wave of Norse attacks on England, motivated by the abundance of silver the Anglo-Saxon kingdom gained from the wool trade in Europe. The predatory raiders travelled swiftly and often sided with whoever could pay the most. An entertaining read on a time of great change in northern Europe.
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