A housecarl (Old Norse: húskarl; Old English: huscarl) was a non-servile manservant or household bodyguard in medieval Northern Europe. The institution...

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...

('young man', 'retainer'; from which the modern word knight derives) or huscarl ('housecarl', 'man of the household'). Thegnly wills can be used to reconstruct...

the ruler of Wessex. James Northcote as Aldhelm, Aethelstan's Mercian Huscarl who previously served his aunt for many years. Laurie Davidson as Ingilmundr...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Obotrites and later Frankish Frisia. But he was slain, either by one of his huscarls or possibly his own illegitimate son, on the Frisian campaign. The new...

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...

Sharpshooter, Freebooter, 'Ealer, and Buccaneer. For the Vikings: Berserker, Huscarl, Gestir, Bondi, Seio-Kona, and Jarl. For the Knights: Heavy Knight, Archer...

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...

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...

place name Owner in 1066 Abinceborne Abinger, Surrey King Edward and a huscarl Belintones Bellington, Worcestershire Alric and Holland Berchelai Bartley...

the poor Saint Ivo of Ramsey, Cornish bishop Ivo Taillebois (died 1094), Huscarl of William the Conqueror Ivo de Grandmesnil (died 1102), English crusader...

in 1375 to the lord of this manor. Later medieval owners included the Huscarl, Delamere and Saunders families leading up to the Dissolution/Reformation...

(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"...

Galway in 1278. Huskard was the original form of the surname Skerrett, as huscarl, a compound word of two distinct words in Old English, hus (house) and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

campaigning in Wales", noted Lloyd, Harold Godwinson led a small force of huscarls from Chester into Wales, boldly striking Gruffydd's court at Rhuddlan....

Predator (Frog God Games, 2016) Casey Christofferson. NLS5: The Hidden Huscarl (Frog God Games, 2016) Ed Greenwood. NLS6: One Night in Valhalla (Frog...

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...

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...

Armoured Saxon warriors Viking Bondi - Unarmoured Viking warriors Viking Huscarls - Armoured Viking warriors War of Spanish Succession Artillery War of Spanish...