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A massive fleet was off the coast of Kent, heading directly for Alfred’s realm. It was a fleet of 250 ships teeming with skilled, highly experienced raiders. But fleets don’t materialize out of thin air. They come from somewhere…
And curiously, over the last 14 years, the scribes of the Anglo Saxon Chronicle were actually giving the backstory to this particular fleet … because this fleet is the very same one that occupied Fulham in 879. Back when Alfred had only just defeated Guthrum and his kingdom was stretched too thin to be able to oust them.
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Anyone else think of Monty Python on hearing of the fighting bishop?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5psxLIXYIk
That or Peter Jackson’s Braindead… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfkHkdu5IEI