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By Clare Downham

Vikings plagued the coasts of eire and Britain within the 790s. by means of the mid-ninth century vikings had demonstrated a couple of settlements in eire and Britain and had develop into seriously concerned with neighborhood politics. a very profitable viking chief named Ivarr campaigned on either side of the Irish Sea within the 860s. His descendants ruled the main seaports of eire and challenged the facility of kings in Britain throughout the later 9th and 10th centuries. This ebook presents a political research of the deeds of Ivarr's relations from their first visual appeal in Insular files right down to the 12 months 1014. Such an account is critical in gentle of the flurry of latest paintings that has been performed in different components of Viking stories. in keeping with those advancements Clare Downham offers a reconsideration of occasions according to modern written accounts.

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