Towards the end of the eighth century new raiders were tempted by
Britain's wealth. These were the Vikings, a word which probably means either
"pirates" or "the people of the sea inlets", and they came
from Norway and Denmark. Like the Anglo-Saxons they only raided at first. They
burnt churches and monasteries along the east, north and west coasts of Britain
and Ireland. London was itself raided in 842.
In 865 the Vikings invade
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