Söndag 18 oktober kl 13:00 samlas vi för skytte ”at the marks” vid stora parkeringen, Stockholms universitet, Frescati, bakom de blå universitetshusen. Samlingen sker vid parkeringens sydvästra hörn. Här hittar du vägbeskrivning via Google Maps. Tunnelbanestation är Universitetet.

Skyttet uppmärksammar slaget vid Assandun den 18 oktober år 1016 då danske kungen Knut den store (cirka 995 till 1035) besegrade den engelske konungen Edmund ”Ironside” i landskapet Essex i England. Battlefields Hub skriver:

Details of the actual battle are very limited. The numbers involved are not known, but unlikely to be more than a couple of thousand on either side, possibly many fewer. The Danes were victorious, and many of the English nobility were slain.

Edmund escaped with a significant force, and retreated towards Wessex. Cnut pursued Edmund, and a meeting was arranged between them, on the Island of Alney in the River Severn, near Deerhurst. They agreed to share the kingdom between them – Edmund taking Wessex, and Cnut taking Mercia – and become each other’s heir, so when one of them died, the other would become king of all England.

Edmund died a few weeks later, on 30 November 1016. Consequently, Cnut became the undisputed king of England.

Därmed härskade Knut över ett vidsträckt Nordsjöimperium.

Skyttet är gratis för medlemmar (skytteavgift 100 kr för icke-medlemmar). Om du vill låna utrustning så maila vår materialansvarige Viktor Brolund för besked och eventuell bokning.