ABSTRACT
Heroes abound (Alfred, Athelstan, Cnut) as do saints (Edmund, Alphege, Oswald) and villains, (Eric Bloodaxe, Ethelred the Unready) and famous places (Edington, Maldon, York). It is the world of Viking-age England. It is the period when Danes attacked, invaded and settled, when they brought England out of its insularity into the wider life of northern Europe. For 200 years the Vikings from Denmark dominated English history, attacking her shores, traversing her roads, and permanently changing her landscape and language. Fortifications were built; new towns came into being; new markets were opened at home and abroad. England was never to be the same again.
