this expedition probably never took place, cf. "Harald Fairhair and the British Isles", in "Les Vikings et leurs civilisation", ed. R. Boyer (Paris, 1976)...
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Erik the Viking is a 1989 British comedy-fantasy film written and directed by Terry Jones. The film was inspired by Jones's children's book The Saga of...
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Ragnar Lodbrok (redirect from Ragnar Lodbrok (Vikings))
according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king. He is known from Old Norse poetry of the Viking Age, Icelandic sagas, and near-contemporary...
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Pilote as portrayed by such artists as the Fred Funcken [fr] (Le Chevalier blanc, Harald le Viking, Lieutenant Burton), William Vance (Howard Flynn, Rodric...
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Walter W. Skeat; Clarendon; p. 479 Eldar Heide (2008). "Viking, week, and Widsith. A reply to Harald Bjorvand". Centre of Medieval Studies (University of...
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the more important Viking families in the Low Countries was that of Rorik of Dorestad (based in Wieringen) and his brother Harald (based in Walcheren)...
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subsequent attacks upon the Viking peoples, may have also played a role in Viking pillaging.[citation needed] Harald I of Norway ("Harald Fairhair") had united...
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Guy Sajer (Dimitri) - (scripted Jean Valhardi, drew Harald le Viking, Goutatou et Dorochaux, Le Goulag) Mathieu Sapin - (Akissi, Gérard) Riad Sattouf...
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Crockett, Kaza le Martien, Loup Noir), dies at age 91. Fred Funcken, Belgian comics artist and writer (Le Chevalier Blanc, Harald le Viking, Jack Diamond...
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The Last of the Vikings (Italian:L'ultimo dei Vikinghi, French:Le Dernier des Vikings) is a 1961 French-Italian historical film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo...
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Rollo (redirect from Rollo the Viking)
Rollon; died in 933), also known with his epithet, Rollo "the Walker", was a Viking who, as Count of Rouen, became the first ruler of Normandy, a region in...
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Saab 93 (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
Harald Kronegård and Leonce Beysson 24 Hours of Le Mans 2nd in its class and 12th total Finnish Snow Rallye, Finland 1st Carl Otto Bremer 24 hours Le...
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Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly...
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September 26: Liliane Funcken, Belgian comics artist and writer (Le Chevalier Blanc, Harald le Viking, Jack Diamond, Lieutenant Burton, Capitan and Doc Silver)...
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Gudfred (section Viking invasion of the Obodrite lands)
represented in the first place by Harald Klak (812-813, 819-827), based its claim on being kinsmen of a former King Harald. This Harald may have been a predecessor...
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Longship (redirect from Viking longship)
skeid longship named Draken Harald Hårfagre was launched in Norway. It was built from scratch by experts, using original Viking and experimental archaeological...
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most important Viking families in the Low Countries was that of Rorik of Dorestad (based in Wieringen) and his brother the "younger Harald" (based in Walcheren)...
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Goebbels children (section Harald)
suicide. Magda Goebbels had an elder son, Harald Quandt, from a previous marriage to Günther Quandt. Harald, then aged 23, was a prisoner of war when...
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with pagan Norse forces led by Harald of Bayeux. In 946, at the age of 14, Richard allied himself with the Norman and Viking leaders in France and with men...
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"Northmen") were originally pagan barbarian pirates from Denmark, Norway, and Iceland Elisabeth Ridel (2010). Les Vikings et les mots. Editions Errance. v t e...
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Harald Fairhair had implemented their piratical expeditions for the national collection, these islands haunt for Vikings ravaged Norway. King Harald awaking...
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Strandhögg (category Viking warfare)
held for ransom. It happened that Vikings made these raids against their own countrymen as well. Harald I, known as Harald Fairhair, prohibited strandhögg...
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Olaf II of Norway (category Vikings killed in battle)
kingdom, as Harald Fairhair had largely succeeded in doing. On the way home he wintered with Duke Richard II of Normandy. Marauding Vikings had conquered...
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Sidste Viking Sigbard 1999 Bleeder Leo In China They Eat Dogs Harald 2001 Øyenstikker Eddie 2002 Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II Harald Himmelfall...
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Viking ship replicas are one of the more common types of ship replica. Viking, the first Viking ship replica, was built by the Rødsverven shipyard in...
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"The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman". p. 95. ISBN 9780547539393. Retrieved 6 March 2016. Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi...
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North Germanic peoples (section Viking Age)
ninth century drove many Norsemen into exile, who then took up a viking career. Harald Fairhair exiled many great fighting men in the process of consolidating...
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pirates from Denmark, Norway, and Iceland Elisabeth Ridel (2010). Les Vikings et les mots. Editions Errance. Oxford English Dictionary. "Catch" Oxford...
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William the Conqueror (redirect from Guillaume le Conquérant)
Permanent Scandinavian settlement occurred before 911, when Rollo, one of the Viking leaders, and King Charles the Simple of France reached an agreement ceding...
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Harold Harefoot (redirect from Harald Harefoot)
reigned for more than a decade when his uncle Harald Hardrada (reigned 1047–1066) challenged his rule. With Harald being a famous military leader, his claim...
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