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Scandinavian York or
Viking York (Old Norse:
Jórvík) is a term used by
historians for what is now
Yorkshire during the
period of
Scandinavian domination...
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Jorvik Viking Centre is a
museum and
visitor attraction in York, England,
containing lifelike mannequins and life-size
dioramas depicting Viking life in...
- the York
Archaeological Trust while excavating the
Viking settlement of
Jórvík (present-day York) in
northern England. The
specimen was
dated around the...
- Ebora**** to the Romans,
Eorfowic to the
Angles and then, most famously,
Jorvik to the Vikings.
Early inhabitants of what
became Yorkshire were Hen Ogledd...
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separate king of
Deira until the time of
Norse rule.
Viking kings ruled Jórvík (southern Northumbria, the
former Deira) from its
capital York for most...
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Bloodaxe (King of
Norway 930–934, King of
Orkney c. 937–954, and King of
Jórvík 948–49 and 952–954). She
appears prominently in
sagas such as ****rskinna...
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Important trading ports during the
period include Birka, Hedeby, Kaupang,
Jorvik,
Staraya Ladoga, Novgorod, and Kiev.
Scandinavian Nor****
explored Europe...
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Danish army
conquered the city in 866, the name was
rendered in Old
Norse as
Jórvík. The Old
French and
Norman name of the city
following the
Norman Conquest...
- set up a
puppet king
named Ecgberht,
before later creating the
Kingdom of
Jórvík centred on York.
Known as Eoferwic, York was
taken over by the Anglo-Saxons...
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Jorvik Radio is a
independant radio station based in the city of York, in
North Yorkshire. The
studios are
located in Burnholme, York. It
takes its name...
