Battle of Visby: Difference between revisions

==Battle==

[[File:Visby Wall.jpg|thumb|300px|Picture of the Visby city wall, near the north gate. The main battle was fought within 300 meters of the city's fortifications.]]

 

On 27{{nbsp}}July, a Gutnish [[yeoman|yeomen]] army fought the Danes just outside the city walls and was severely beaten, with an estimated death toll of about 1,800 yeomen and peasants; the Danish casualties remain unknown. Only a couple of items that can be linked with Danish soldiers have been found, including a purse and ornamented armor belonging to a member of the Roorda Family from Friesland. Casualties can be compared with those that the French suffered at the [[Battle of Poitiers]] in 1356 and would be considered high by medieval standards.