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The arrow to his throat that ended a thirty‑five‑year reign
A Viking warlord returns to claim Norway - then an arrow at Stamford Bridge finds his throat; what did it cost him?
The arrow to his throat that ended a thirty‑five‑year reign
In this episode, we follow the life and career of Harald Sigurdsson from his youth in inland Norway to the battlefields of Kievan Rus' and Constantinople, and finally to Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire. We trace the decisions, movements, and fortunes that built a thirty‑five‑year reign and ask how each choice accumulated into the moment an arrow ended it.
Person: Harald Sigurdsson
Date: 25 September 1066
Location: Stamford…
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