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Whose saga:Alfred’s or Brian’s?
Images used in study unit
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Menu1. Gaia, replica Viking ship which visited Dublin in July 2005
This is an exact replica of the 1000-year-old Gokstad, excavated in Norway in 1880 and said to contain the remains of Olav Geirstadalv, the first Viking king of Dublin – Vestfold Fylkeskommune
2. Cartoon, source unknown3. King Alfred the Great, statue at Winchester, 19014. Brian Boru, 19th century print – Currier & Ives5. Contents pages of textbooks:
left: to be determinedright: Life in Viking Times by Susan Skyrme, Colourpoint, 1-89839-224-2
6. Map: Viking route to Britain & Ireland – from Skyrme, Life in Viking Times, p. 217. Map: Location of Battle of Edington – from The Vikings in History, by F.D. Logan,
Routledge, 0-41508-396-6, p. 145 (Insert 18th century map of area)8. Battle of Edington from the film Alfred the Great, 19699. Map: Location of Battle of Clontarf (inset: modern Clontarf) – both from internet10. Brian Boru blesses his troops before the Battle of Clontarf – James Ward fresco, Dublin
City Hall, early 20th centuryExtras – collages of imagesAlfred the GreatBrian BoruBattle of EdingtonBattle of Clontarf
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