Malcolm III had invaded England five times and come close to annexing Northumberland. His death at Alnwick in a local ambush was deeply ironic — one of medieval Scotland's greatest warrior kings killed in a minor skirmish rather than a major battle. His death triggered a succession crisis that temporarily removed the Scottish threat
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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