As Eadred's army withdrew after burning Ripon, Northumbrian warriors ambushed his rearguard at Castleford. Eadred threatened to devastate Yorkshire so thoroughly that the Northumbrian nobility quickly submitted and surrendered Eric. The episode shows the persistent tension between Yorkshire's Viking rulers and the emerging English kingdom.
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