-
inscriptions suggest a
strong similarity between heimþegar and
housecarls: like
housecarls, heimþegar are in the
service of a king or lord, of whom they...
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personal armsmen,
known as
housecarls, who
formed the
backbone of the
royal forces. Some
earls also had
their own
forces of
housecarls. Thegns, the
local landowning...
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originally an
informal retinue of
personal armed companions,
hirdmen or
housecarls. Over time, it came to mean not only the
nucleus ('Guards') of the royal...
- a mix of the fyrd (militia
mainly composed of foot soldiers) and the
housecarls, or nobleman's
personal troops, who
usually also
fought on foot. The main...
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Particular units or
kinds Housecarls (medieval
Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England) Antrustion, the bodyguards...
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posts rather than
servile positions. Vagn, the
leader of Earl Leofric's
housecarls,
owned 54
hides of land with his main
manor at
Wootton Wawen ('Vagn's...
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strong force of
Danish mercenaries (
housecarls) as his main force, an
expensive and
resented policy (the
housecarls'
leaders were
later slaughtered by...
- Jormunrek's head,
which would have kept
Jormunrek from
calling for his
housecarls. The
housecarls are
unable to kill Guðrún's sons with
sharp weapons. Odin then...
- of men of
Scandinavian descent and it had an
initial strength of 3,000
housecarls and a
fleet of 40 ships,
which was
subsequently reduced. The last remnant...
- his body. The
English dead,
including some of Harold's
brothers and his
housecarls, were left on the battlefield.
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, Harold's mother,...
