The ancient Viking capital
The source
The source, we took our information from is a website with the name „Historic UK“ calling themselves the UK´s number one historic accommodation guide. It is a frequently updated site, featuring articles about a variation of topics, ranging from castle- and historic- hotels to traditional english breakfast meals.
The site is split into two main sections, the accommodation guide and the history magazine. The first mentioned focuses, as the name might suggest, on tourist information regarding hotels, events and other tourist-orientated content, while the history magazines main focus lays on the United Kingdoms culture and, of course, its history.

The content
The article itself is written by Ben Johnson, and describes some events related to the United Kingdom through the times of the Roman empire up until the 18th century.
It starts off with a short presentation of the roman empires estates, and how it was planned to grow even further. It then goes on to explain how the romans tried to tame the “wild barbarians” of Scotland and northern England. It shows how Britain changed under the influence of the romans, and how much roman flair remained throughout Britain, after the Romans left the country in 410 Anno Domini.
After the events of the Roman-British history, the article also states that the Picts, Irish and Scots plundered various regions of Britain, and how the Brits got use of the Saxons as protection.
In 866 parts of Britain were under Danish control, which also left its marks on British culture, in street- or place- names such as Stonegate or Swinegate. They also changed the name of York to Jorvick.
The Norman invasion of 1066 introduced complex stone buildings to Britain, which weren’t present before, and also they spread their perception of a good government, which was sustained mainly through unity and order.
The article finishes with shortly presenting the Industrial Revolution, and explaining which role Britain had in it, where it mainly acted as a distributor in the railway business.