After a breakneck 4 day long trek from the south of England to the North, Harold Godwinson and his army encounter Harald Hadrada and his men at Stamford Bridge, who were unprepared for battle. Despite such a disorganised army, legend has it that one berserker Viking held off the Saxon troops on the bridge until the Saxons came from underneath the bridge and stabbed him in the crotch. This defence gave the Vikings enough time to get prepared and form a shield wall. However, a lot of these Vikings were so unprepared that they didn’t even wear helmets or armour. They were defeated quickly and Harald was killed in the battle, bringing the Viking Era of Britain to a swift conclusion.
