For three years Olaf's army wreaked havoc, plundering and extorting money from Picts and Britons alike. In 869 AD the Britons must have breathed a sigh of relief when Olaf returned to Ireland to ...
The politcal map was altered. The Picts, Gaels and many Britons were freed from Northumbrian overlordship. Gaelic poets as far away as Ireland celebrated the battle's outcome. The Pictish frontier ...