Ragnald Of The Isle Man

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Kingdom of Mann and the Isles was a Norse kingdom that existed in the British Isles between 1079 and 1266, and whose kings were vassals of the King of Norway. The Kingdom had two parts, Sodor (Old Norse: 'Suðr-eyjar'), or the South Isles (the Hebrides and Mann), and Norðr (Old Norse: 'Norðr-eyjar'), or the North Isles (Orkney and Shetland). In 1164 it was split into the Kingdom of the Hebrides and the Kingdom of Mann. Even today, the Bishop of the Isle of Man is the Bishop of Sodor and Man. The islands had been taken between c.700-900 AD, during the Viking invasions of the British Isles. In 872, Harald Hårfagre made himself king over the country of Norway. Large numbers of his former opponents took refuge the Orkney Islands, Faroe Islands, Shetland Islands, as well as the Hebrides Islands.

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