#viking invasion

[rehsgalleries]

Henry Justice Ford

(1860 - 1941)

The Invasion

Oil on canvas

25 x 17.5 inches

Signed

https://rehs.com/Henry_Justice_Ford_The_Invasion.html

Henry Justice Ford (1860–1941) was a British artist and illustrator best known for his work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He gained widespread recognition for his intricate and imaginative illustrations in Andrew Lang's "Fairy Books" series, which included "The Blue Fairy Book" (1889) and several others. Ford's work is characterized by its detailed line work, vibrant colors, and the ability to bring fantastical scenes to life. Beyond fairy tales, he also illustrated historical and adventure books. Ford's contributions to the field of illustration left a lasting impact on children's literature and the visual representation of fantasy worlds.

[illustratus]

St Edmund slain by the Danes, AD 870 by Harry Payne

[mapsontheweb]

Viking and Magyar invasions in the 9th and 10th century.

by dodi_maps

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Évariste Vital Luminais (French, 1821-1896) The Invasion, n.d. Museum of Fine Arts Boston

[unhonestlymirror]

A bit strange feeling of living in Lithuania while looking like... Lithuania

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 9 September:

In the Liturgical calendar, this is the feast day of St Ciarán of Clonmacnoise. He was one of the early Irish monastic saints and Irish bishop. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Younger to distinguish him from Saint Ciarán of Saighir. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He dies on this date in 545. 872 – Earliest verifiable date of a Viking invasion of Ireland in Dunrally. 1806 – Death…

[majachee]

Yew (Yr) and Kit silhouette and redesign wips !!

They develop a very close queerplatonic bond in the story! Yew is a larger than average, early Norwegian Forest-inspired feral cat, and Kit is a small, short-haired ticked tabby with some British Shorthair influence (mainly the face)

[thewritingpossum]

I fully agree that presenting the Vikings as some sort of evil, uniquely violent barbarians who only wanted to commit destruction is very much innacurate but it is pretty hilarious to me how many modern historians are like "the christians only presented the vikings as a bunch of looting murderers because they kept looting and killing them, so irrational 🙄😤"

[tellusd20]

Invade by Yeager

[blogtib]

[maypoleman1]

20th November

St Edmund’s Day

The Martyrdom of Edmund from the Passio Sancto Eadmundi. Source: Wikipedia

Today is St Edmund’s Day. Also known as Edmund the Martyr, he was king of East Anglia when the Anglo-Saxon kingdom was attacked by the Viking Great Heathen Army in 869. Edmund led his soldiers out to oppose the invaders but the East Anglians were defeated. Whether Edmund was killed in the battle of Hoxne in Suffolk or taken prisoner by the Danes and murdered thereafter is a matter of dispute. Tradition has it that the Vikings offered to spare Edmund his life and return him to the throne of East Anglia if he would embrace the Norse pagan religion and rule as a Scandinavian puppet. Edmund supposedly piously refused and paid a grisly price: the Viking warriors tied the king to a tree and shot him full of arrows. Sainthood and martyrdom were then mere formalities. Other traditions make Edmund less heroic. It is said that he fled the field of Hoxne and hid under Goldbrook Bridge, but that the glint of his royal golden spurs was spotted by a newly wed couple who immediately gave him away. As the king was hustled away by the Danes, Edmund cursed all married couples crossing the bridge and to this day, newlyweds in Hoxne take an alternative route home.

Edmund was buried in a Suffolk town which appropriately became named Bury St Edmunds thereafter. His feast day remained popular in the county with a special bun being baked and issued to schoolchildren every November 20th. Unsurprisingly it was called St Edmund’s Bun.

[glorious-viking-bastard]

BACK HOME TODAY/TOMORROW, WISH ME LUCK FOR THE 15 HOUR FLIGHT AND 11 HOUR PARIS STOPOVER X.X

[loki-was-framed]

Everyone seems to forget that the English aren’t even native to England!

sick of “scottish independence” this and “irish reunification” that

theres 3 of us and 1 of england

i say we just kick the english out the uk

[michael-rosskothen]

Viking ships at sunset

[supernattyoblog]

Vikings vs. Knights: Who Won the Siege of Paris in 845?

[loki-was-framed]

I was still using the term "Anglo-Saxon" in an academic sense, because I falsely believed it was a legitimate academic term.

It's not. It's just a racist term. Here's an excellent article about it.