Learnings: The Town of Jorvik

After its capture by the Vikings, Jorvik, pictured in this screenshot from Assassin's Creed Valhalla, grew quickly in land, wealth, and people. It became a centre of commercial, political, and social power.
Even though it had been wrenched from Christian hands by a so-called Heathen Army, Jorvik was still an important place for Anglo-Saxon Christians. As a centre of trade and cultural exchange, Jorvik was one of only two towns in the Anglo-Saxon territories where an archbishop had a see, a seat of Christian religious authority. The Archbishop of Jorvik oversaw all the Christian faithful in the North from his seat in a "heathen" town.
Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age