- A
housecarl (Old Norse: húskarl; Old English:
huscarl) was a non-servile
manservant or
household bodyguard in
medieval Northern Europe. The institution...
- England, the axe is
almost exclusively wielded by well
armoured huscarls.
These huscarls formed the core
bodyguard of King
Harold at the
Battle of Hastings...
- ('young man', 'retainer'; from
which the
modern word
knight derives) or
huscarl ('housecarl', 'man of the household').
Thegnly wills can be used to reconstruct...
-
Seven Kings Must Die),
Aethelred and Aethelflaed's
closest ally and
chief Huscarl Ewan Mitc**** as
Osferth (series 2–5), Alfred's **** son who becomes...
- the
ruler of Wes****.
James Northcote as Aldhelm, Aethelstan's
Mercian Huscarl who
previously served his aunt for many years.
Laurie Davidson as Ingilmundr...
-
Hanworth was a sp****ly po****ted
manor and
parish held by Ulf, a "
huscarl" of the King.
Huscarls were the
bodyguards of
Scandinavian Kings and were
often the...
- Svein. In London, Emma
imprisons Ælfwynn and she is
tortured by Canute's
huscarl Agnarr for
information about her
brother and Godwin. Ælfwynn
reveals that...
-
unusual for the time in
their use of axes as a main
battle weapon. The
Húscarls, the
elite guard of King Cnut (and
later of King
Harold II) were armed...
-
Obotrites and
later Frankish Frisia. But he was slain,
either by one of his
huscarls or
possibly his own
illegitimate son, on the
Frisian campaign. The new...
- brother. He is
killed by Naad. Pla**** by
Christopher Rygh One of Canute's
huscarls. He
becomes Emma's prin****l ally and
enforcer in
season 2 when Canute...
