tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post5933433169275251825..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: The Danish Conquest, 1000 Years: Part 2Clerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-33691578118026409692015-08-21T18:03:19.079+01:002015-08-21T18:03:19.079+01:00I'm coming 2 years late to your wonderful post...I'm coming 2 years late to your wonderful posts about Swein's conquest of England. As it happens, I'm writing about these events just now as I pen my 3rd novel about Emma of Normandy. One character who is a big puzzle for me is Uhtred. He was married to Aethelred's daughter; in De Obsessione Dunelmi we're informed that he refused to aid Cnut against Aethelred; he allied with Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498095239066734002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-70887446410186115602013-08-25T09:43:41.884+01:002013-08-25T09:43:41.884+01:00Excellent - I've been enjoying your posts on M...Excellent - I've been enjoying your posts on Miss Tickletoby very much! I was hoping she would cover the Danish Conquest too.<br /><br />It's so interesting to think about how Anglo-Saxon England would have developed without the Norman Conquest - I'm sure there would be have been an increasing 'Europeanisation' over time, but to speculate what might have happened without thatClerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-57842851387603516562013-08-24T12:08:27.348+01:002013-08-24T12:08:27.348+01:00Thank you for your posts on this - they're rea...Thank you for your posts on this - they're really interesting, and also very helpful from my point of view, as one of my Finals papers is on early medieval British history. Unfortunately, the relative obscurity of the Danish Conquest seems to be reflected in university teaching. Last year I ended up writing essays on the Danelaw and the Norman Conquest among other things, but never really gotCaecilia Dancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318023091812249063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-46285050079517763442013-08-22T17:03:09.578+01:002013-08-22T17:03:09.578+01:00Thank you. Howard's is indeed an excellent bo...Thank you. Howard's is indeed an excellent book - I actually cited it in the blogpost.Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-40098175177435458832013-08-22T04:59:01.940+01:002013-08-22T04:59:01.940+01:00Nice commentary. For a detailed analysis of Svein...Nice commentary. For a detailed analysis of Svein Forkbeard take a look at "Svein Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England 991 - 1017" by Howard Ian.<br /><br />As an aside, for a future discussion you may wish to visit this website: www.stamford-bridge.dkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com