St Brice's Day massacre
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St Brice's Day massacre
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The St. Brice's Day massacre was a mass killing of Danes within England on 13 November 1002, on the order of King Æthelred the Unready of England. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle relates that the massacre was carried out in response to an accusation that the Danes would "beshrew [Æthelred] of his life, and afterwards all his council, and then have his kingdom without any resistance." King Æthelred thus ordered the killing of many Danes within his territory. The retaliation by the Danish King Sweyn For
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Killing of Danes in some areas of England in 1002
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Brice%27s_Day_massacre
date created:
2005-09-10T18:27:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:48:22Z
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