YorkIt has been universally accepted that Anlaf Guthfrithson, defeated leader of the Vikings at the battle of Brunanburh, returned to England from Dublin following the death of Athelstan in 939 and assumed the kingship of York. This article examines the evidence for this and concludes that ...
Olaf was the son of Guthfrith (or Godfrey), king of Dublin. He is often confused with Olaf Sihtricson. Olaf Guthfrithson became king of Dublin in 934 and was in England in 937, where he took part in the Battle of Brunanburh against Aethelstan. After this event he returned to ...
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