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Vikings – Farmers, Raiders or Traders? – 16th May 2011

Published Monday, May 2nd, 2011 by Karl Bedingfield

Date:  Monday, 16 May 2011 – 8:00pm – 9:15pm Location Ely Methodist Church Chapel Street Ely CB6 1TA United Kingdom See map: Google Maps Anne Holton-Krayenbuhl, tutor in adult education and a free-lance local historian presents: Vikings – Farmers, Raiders or Traders? This talk will examine the activities of these sea-farers from Norway, Denmark and Sweden, and consider the extent to which they were motivated by the attraction of plunder, or the wish to establish farming settlements or the need to trade. Cost:  Members free: visitors £2.50 Contact:  Mr Steve Cole Telephone:  01353 669326 Website:  www.elyarchaeology.org.uk

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