Comments on: Sick. December 20, 2012 http://kayray.org/2012/12/20/sick-december-20-2012/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:04:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 By: kara http://kayray.org/2012/12/20/sick-december-20-2012/#comment-39029 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:04:46 +0000 http://kayray.org/?p=3019#comment-39029 In reply to Sandy.

Oh good, I’ll rewatch that. Surely the Vikings weren’t so polite as to step aside and let the Normans have a turn. Wasn’t Harold fighting Norwegian invaders up north just weeks before the Normans invaded?

Ah, wikipedia says that in the 11th century Christianity spread to Scandinavia and slavery was outlawed, so the main incentive for Viking raids was gone. More or less.

Yes, thank you, today I’m starting to feel better!

]]> By: Sandy http://kayray.org/2012/12/20/sick-december-20-2012/#comment-39028 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:48:33 +0000 http://kayray.org/?p=3019#comment-39028 The Vikings stopped raiding the British Isles because the Normans came along and invaded instead – and the Vikings had their own troubles at home. I think. Simon Schama’s History of Britain tells it better (accurately).

Hope you feel better soon. My daughters and I are loving listening to your reading of A Little Princess, and I’m secretly reliving my childhood with The Dark is Rising :-)

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