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17 de jul. de 2023 · Harald Hardrada was, perhaps, one of the greatest warrior kings of the medieval period. Source: The Viking Herald. Being forced to flee his home in Norway, a royal exile on the run, after that fateful battle, he took up refuge and employment in the Kievan Rus. By the early 1030s CE, however, Hardrada was perhaps one of the most skillful and ...
20 de ago. de 2019 · King Harald II “Hardrada” Sigurdsson (c. 1015-1066) “We never kneel in battle Before the storm of weapons And crouch behind our shields; So the noble lady told me. She told me once to carry My head always high in battle Where swords seek to shatter The skulls of doomed warriors.” A poem reportedly written […]
30 de mar. de 2022 · "Echoes of History: Ragnarök" is a historical podcast inspired by the video game "Assassin’s Creed Valhalla : Dawn of Ragnarök." It’s the second season of U...
In 1034, Harald, still young but freshly blooded in war, was knocking upon the gates of an empire whose foundations were sunk into a wholly different political and conceptual landscape. Map of Byzantine Empire in 1035 AD. Subsequent expansions are in brown. Image by Spartan 117 / Wikimedia Commons.
14 de mar. de 2022 · Harald Hardrada fought his first battle aged just 15. According to the Heimskringla, Harald Hardrada fought his first battle at the young age of 15, in the 1030 battle of Stiklestad, alongside his half-brother King Olaf II Haraldson of Norway. Their Danish opponent Cnut the Great defeated them, killing King Olaf (later to become Saint Olaf) and ...
8 de ago. de 2022 · Harald Hardrada raided lands as far apart as Denmark and Jerusalem, claimed three kingdoms as his own, and launched the last Viking invasion of England in 10...
