Medieval History
Thirty-seven skeletons found in a mass burial site in the grounds of St John?s College in Oxford may not be who they initially seemed, according to Oxford University researchers studying the remains.
When the bodies were discovered in the grounds of the college in 2008 by Thames Valley Archaeological Services, archaeologists speculated that they could have been part of the St Brice?s Day Massacre in Oxford ? a well documented event in 1002, in which King Aethelred the Unredy ordered the killing of ?all Danes living in England?.
However, a new research paper, led by Oxford University, has thrown up a new theory ? that the skeletons may have been Viking raiders who were captured and then executed.
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Medieval History
Skeletons found at mass burial site in Oxford could be ?10th-century Viking raiders?
Thirty-seven skeletons found in a mass burial site in the grounds of St John?s College in Oxford may not be who they initially seemed, according to Oxford University researchers studying the remains.
When the bodies were discovered in the grounds of the college in 2008 by Thames Valley Archaeological Services, archaeologists speculated that they could have been part of the St Brice?s Day Massacre in Oxford ? a well documented event in 1002, in which King Aethelred the Unredy ordered the killing of ?all Danes living in England?.
However, a new research paper, led by Oxford University, has thrown up a new theory ? that the skeletons may have been Viking raiders who were captured and then executed.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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