Death on the Seine: The mystery of the pagan kingSetric
Stephen M. Lewis
In 943, a pagan king called Setric arrived with fleet on the Seine, seeking to ‘take over whole area without grant from king’ and bring young Richard his Rouen Northmen back ‘to worship of idols, rites’. But this was not be because Carolingian Louis IV d’Outremer quickly scene engaged dux Turmod in battle. Louis’s mounted forces were victorious both killed. As great French historian Philippe Lauer said: ‘La defaite du viking et renegat est un evenement important dans l’histoire de l’etablissement des Normands en Neustrie’. The mystery examined article is, who (ON Sigtryggr) had been sent Valhalla? And where he come —York or Denmark? It is shown that whilst Danish origin for King cannot completely excluded, equation Sihtric York Seine more likely sup...
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