Chapter 7: A-Viking

''Burh— Old English fortified settlement or fortification, as a response to the threat of Viking raids of the 8th to 11th centuries. Conceived of as a network of forts containing detachments of local defense militia and roads (known as herepaths) connecting them, they were intended to act as a place to shelter the populace against Viking attack, as well as allowing the English forces to concentrate quickly in the event of a raid or invasion. Until the 1040s, and the domestication of dragons by the Norse, the burh and herepath system was notably effective in repulsing Viking raids.

—A History Of Old England, 1451, Oxford Press

Chapter Overview
Snotlout, at the behest of his father, leads a Viking Raid on an Anglos fort. He confronts Hiccup with his spoils, who now has to struggle with the reality that many people will see dragons as another fancy weapon.

Foreshadowing
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Epigraph Tie-In

 * The epigraph explains the Burh system of England that used to be effective in repelling viking invaders before the domestication of dragons. The chapter shows Jorgenson clan attacking the Burh of Brycgstow and winning easily.

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