Marking the spot of an old Viking ‘parliament’
March 6, 2015
The site of one of the earliest known Assemblies or ‘parliaments’ in the UK has been officially put on the map after years of work by a scientist from The University of Nottingham. Professor Steve Harding has unveiled a new historical information board to mark the Viking ‘Thing’ or open air ‘assembly-place’ in the village …
TV historian and University scientist do battle over location of ancient ‘Great War’
January 10, 2014
TV historian, Michael Wood, has locked horns with University of Nottingham Viking DNA expert, Professor Steve Harding, over the location of a 10th century battle that led to the unification of England. In 937 the rule of Aethelstan, king of the English, was seriously threatened by an invasion by a Northern Alliance led by Olaf …
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