Events Tagged: "Thorkell"

Thorkell the High arrives with massive Viking fleet - 45 ships raid Kent and demand tribute

Canterbury sacked and Archbishop Aelfheah captured - Thorkell's Vikings destroy cathedral, hold archbishop for ransom

Massive Danegeld of 48,000 pounds paid - largest payment ever to Vikings, Thorkell the High enters English service

Murder of Archbishop Aelfheah at Greenwich - killed by drunken Vikings, causes Thorkell to defect to Aethelred

Thorkell defends London against Sweyn - Viking mercenary fights for England against Danish invasion