@EricTheRedAndWhite
” (The Danes) …caused much trouble to the natives of the land; for they were wont, after the fashion of their country, to comb their hair every day, to bathe every Saturday, to change their garments often, and set off their persons by many frivolous devices. In this matter they laid siege to the virtue of the married woman, and persuaded the daughters even of the noble to be their concubines”. John of Wallingford, 1002.
As excuses for a massacre (St Brice's Day) it leaves a little to be desired.
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@EricTheRedAndWhite
” (The Danes) …caused much trouble to the natives of the land; for they were wont, after the fashion of their country, to comb their hair every day, to bathe every Saturday, to change their garments often, and set off their persons by many frivolous devices. In this matter they laid siege to the virtue of the married woman, and persuaded the daughters even of the noble to be their concubines”. John of Wallingford, 1002.
As excuses for a massacre (St Brice's Day) it leaves a little to be desired.