Jorvik
Jórvík was the Viking name for the English city of York and the kingdom centred there.
Modern day Viking coin making at the Jórvík Viking Centre
York had been founded as the Roman legionary fortress of Eboracum and revived as the Anglo-Saxon trading port of Eoforwic. It was first captured in November 866 by a large army of Danish Vikings.
Other websites
- Brenda Ralph Lewis & David Nash Ford, "York: Viking Times" Archived 2017-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Timeline of Anglo-Saxon England Archived 2017-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Jorvik Viking Centre Archived 2004-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- York Archaeological Trust
- Welcome to Jorvik Archived 2007-02-06 at the Wayback Machine: links on on-line resources
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