The Great Heathen Army What was it, and how did it unite the Vikings


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Yet in 865 CE, a huge Viking force (believed to be over 3,000 men) landed on the Isle of Thanet in modern-day Kent. Their intention was different: they wanted to subdue all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and to bring what the locals called "Englaland" under the Viking yoke. The Great Heathen Army had arrived.


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This is the year 885 A.D., when a thundering army of hardened cutthroats, berserks and axmen trample its way across Western Europe, raping and pillaging at will. They are the Great Pagan Army-the largest array of Vikings ever assembled into one host.


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The Great Heathen Army was a Viking army that plundered and conquered much of England in the late ninth century. Although, unlike many other Scandinavian formations operating at the time, surviving sources give no precise indication of its strength, it was clearly among the largest forces of its kind, numbering several


The Great Heathen Army What was it, and how did it unite the Vikings

The Great Heathen Army was a coalition of Scandinavian raiders and warriors who invaded England around 865 AD. British historian Peter Sawyer believes there were no more than 1000 men in the Great Heathen Army. Source: Michael-Li / Pixabay


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They are the Great Pagan Army—the largest array of Vikings ever assembled into one host. No army or city can resist them; no one dares… until a crippled young count finds an old Roman book on tactics. With a handful of desperate knights, Count Odo fortifies the river fortress of Paris and awaits the savage host.


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The Great Pagan Army Vaughn Heppner 3.94 127 ratings9 reviews This is the year 885 A.D., when a thundering army of hardened cutthroats, berserks and axmen trample its way across Western Europe, raping and pillaging at will. They are the Great Pagan Army—the largest array of Vikings ever assembled into one host.


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Starting in 865, the Vikings began a massive invasion of England. Known as the "Great Heathen Army," the pagan soldiers attacked and took over three of England's four Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.


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The Great Heathen Army, [a] also known as the Viking Great Army, [1] was a coalition of Scandinavian warriors who invaded England in AD 865. Since the late 8th century, the Vikings [b] had been engaging in raids on centres of wealth, such as monasteries.


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The 13th-century Icelandic sagas that attempt to detail much of Ragnar's supposed life claim that the reason for the Viking invasion of Great Britain was in revenge for Ragnar's death at the hands of King Ælla. Of course, modern historians place significant question marks over Ragnar's interactions with the Northumbrian King Ælla.