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17 Cards in this Set
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Uí Néill, Tara |
most successful Irish kings pre-Viking age, located at Tara (mid-eastern coast) |
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Armagh, Kildare |
two religious centers in pre-Viking Ireland |
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Iona |
off the coast of north of Scotland, part of religious life for both Isles |
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Gwynedd |
an area in the north of Wales, pre-Viking kindom |
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Northumbria |
to the north of England, later heavily populated by Vikings (including York), mentioned frequently in The Life of King Alfred |
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Mercia |
below Northumbria (Nu) and between Nu and Wales, later a battleground, torn about by Wessex v Vikings |
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Lindisfarne |
island off of Nu, attacked in 793 |
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Wessex |
southwest Anglo-Saxon kingdom, King Alfred was king here and successfully resisted Vikings |
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East Anglia |
in the sort of nobby bit of the eastern English coast, taken over by Vikings who settle there |
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Essex, Sussex, Kent |
tiny south eastern English countries |
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Danelaw |
north of line between London and Chester but ending at border with Scotland; where Vikings settled |
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Normany |
north western chunk of Frankish kingdom, ruled by Viking elites that quickly adopted Frankish ways |
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longphort |
forts constructed by Vikings, longest lasting one being Dublin |
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Orkney |
group of islands to the north of Scotland, jumping-off point for Viking raids |
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Shetland |
even farther north than Orkney, also point of departure |
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Dorestad |
tears |
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Hedeby |
i weep |
