King Eysteinn's raid on Aberdeen and the Scottish Kingdom in the mid-twelfth century

Alex Woolf

King Eysteinn's raid on Aberdeen and the Scottish Kingdom in the mid-twelfth century

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In the early 1150s King Eysteinn of Norway led an expedition to northern Britain and among other targets attacked the newly founded burgh of Aberdeen. The paper examines the context and ramifications of this attack.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	51-63
Journal	Apardjon Journal for Scandinavian Studies
Volume	Connections and the Church in late Norse Scotland
Issue number	Special issue 4
Publication status	Published - 22 Jan 2026

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King Eysteinn's raid on Aberdeen and the Scottish Kingdom in the mid-twelfth century

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