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    Housecarl (redirect from Huscarl)
    A housecarl (Old Norse: húskarl; Old English: huscarl) was a non-servile manservant or household bodyguard in medieval Northern Europe. The institution...
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    England, the axe is almost exclusively wielded by well armoured huscarls. These huscarls formed the core bodyguard of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings...
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  • Svein. In London, Emma imprisons Ælfwynn and she is tortured by Canute's huscarl Agnarr for information about her brother and Godwin. Ælfwynn reveals that...
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    ('young man', 'retainer'; from which the modern word knight derives) or huscarl ('housecarl', 'man of the household'). Thegnly wills can be used to reconstruct...
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  • the ruler of Wessex. James Northcote as Aldhelm, Aethelstan's Mercian Huscarl who previously served his aunt for many years. Laurie Davidson as Ingilmundr...
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  • Seven Kings Must Die), Aethelred and Aethelflaed's closest ally and chief Huscarl Ewan Mitchell as Osferth (series 2–5), Alfred's bastard son who becomes...
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    unusual for the time in their use of axes as a main battle weapon. The Húscarls, the elite guard of King Cnut (and later of King Harold II) were armed...
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    Hanworth was a sparsely populated manor and parish held by Ulf, a "huscarl" of the King. Huscarls were the bodyguards of Scandinavian Kings and were often the...
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  • brother. He is killed by Naad. Played by Christopher Rygh One of Canute's huscarls. He becomes Emma's principal ally and enforcer in season 2 when Canute...
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    Godwin was part of, Emma was settled in Winchester, with Harthacnut's huscarls. Harold soon "sent and had taken from her all the best treasures" of Cnut...
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    ranks of the wall would have been made up of select warriors, such as huscarls and thegns, who carried heavier weapons such as Dane axes and consistently...
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  • place name Owner in 1066 Abinceborne Abinger, Surrey King Edward and a huscarl Belintones Bellington, Worcestershire Alric and Holland Berchelai Bartley...
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  • the poor Saint Ivo of Ramsey, Cornish bishop Ivo Taillebois (died 1094), Huscarl of William the Conqueror Ivo de Grandmesnil (died 1102), English crusader...
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    in 1375 to the lord of this manor. Later medieval owners included the Huscarl, Delamere and Saunders families leading up to the Dissolution/Reformation...
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  • Sharpshooter, Freebooter, 'Ealer, and Buccaneer. For the Vikings: Berserker, Huscarl, Gestir, Bondi, Seio-Kona, and Jarl. For the Knights: Heavy Knight, Archer...
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  • 1980 De Jager & Co The Asteroid Game 1973 Harry J. Riley A Stitch in Time Huscarl Hobbies Atlantic Conflict Advent Games Atlantean Realm Atlantis Juan Varein...
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  • Order, the Crown must consult with the Order. The Stile Fryd and Stile Huscarl are Calontir's awards for skill in cut and thrust. They carry an award...
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    (link) Huber, Simone (17 July 2012). "Unters Kleid geschaut" (in German). huscarl.at. Retrieved 21 July 2012. "600-year-old bras unearthed in Austrian castle"...
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    became the focus of tax resistance against the Danish Harthacanute. Two huscarls were killed in May 1041 while attempting to collect taxes for the expanded...
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  • 2012 Origins Awards, Mantic Games was a finalist for their Forge Father Huscarl figurine in the category "Best Miniatures Figure or Line of Figures". At...
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    campaigning in Wales", noted Lloyd, Harold Godwinson led a small force of huscarls from Chester into Wales, boldly striking Gruffydd's court at Rhuddlan....
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    became the focus of tax resistance against the Danish Harthacanute. Two huscarls were killed in May 1041 while attempting to collect taxes for the expanded...
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  • Huskard was the original form of the surname Skerrett. The original form was huscarl, a compound word of two distinct words in Old English, hus (house) and...
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  • Predator (Frog God Games, 2016) Casey Christofferson. NLS5: The Hidden Huscarl (Frog God Games, 2016) Ed Greenwood. NLS6: One Night in Valhalla (Frog...
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  • Armoured Saxon warriors Viking Bondi - Unarmoured Viking warriors Viking Huscarls - Armoured Viking warriors War of Spanish Succession Artillery War of Spanish...
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  • from Skule to the king. In 1239 he came from Trondheim with his ship and Huscarls and brought tidings to the king that Skule would come from the north to...
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