Svein Forkbeard

2006-03-15T00:19:55Z

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King of [[Denmark]], possibly husband to the widow of [[King]] Erik of [[Sweden]] (and thereby claimant to its throne), and also claimant to rule over [[Norway]], '''Svein''' (known as "Forkbeard", referring to a pitchfork-shaped [[beard]] he wore) came first to [[England]]'s notice as a raider, or king of raiders, being blamed for the series of Viking attacks on England which followed the decision of [[Aethelred Unraed]] to have all Danes in England massacred in 1002CE.

In 1013 Svein himself led the fleet and mounted a full-scale invasion. He began at Sandwich in [[Kent]], swept up the east coast to [[Northumbria]] to obtain the sumission of the [[earl]], Uhtred, also obtaining the sumission of other east-coast shires and hostages from each. He then switched to land, requiring the English to horse his army, attacked and obliged [[Oxford]] and [[Winchester]] to submit, and rode on [[London]].

The Londoners tore down the bridges and resisted, and Svein was obliged to fall back. Aethelred had, however, fled, to Normandy, and, alone and isolated, London submitted, Svein entered, and was crowned [[king]] on Christmas Day. He then moved to Gainsborough and was in the process of organising his fourth kingdom when, in February 1014, he died. <br>
Svein had a son to take over [[Denmark]] for him, and the Danish army declared his younger son, [[Canute the Great|Canute]], king of England. However, he and they returned to Denmark, and Aethelred returned and was restored in England.

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Talk:Shirt

2006-03-07T01:52:26Z

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my opinion is quite different - a shirt is the garment next to a man's body, an undertunic mainly a modern word for the same thing. Shirts begin to get more tailored late in period, but there are still plenty that qualify as undertunics in the 16th C I think (I know many chemises only change by gathering at the neckline - it's still a tunic in cut)- I think there is no real during period change in construction, only a minor change in length.<br>

You've got about 48 hours to discuss before I assume my textile knowledge is greater than yours (in contrast your weaponry knowledge is clearly much greater than mine), and update it, and thank you for spurring my edit.[[User:Tiff|Tiff]] 19:05, 6 Mar 2006 (CST)

No go ahead. If you want to change undertunic to a redirect to undertunic or vice versa, I won't object.[[User:User 144|User 144]]

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Svein Forkbeard

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