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Answer the following about Norway’s civil war era, for 10 points each.
[10e] The era began with Sigurd the Crusader’s death, which gave power to a ruler with this name after he said he was Sigurd’s half-brother. A Norwegian king with this name fought an English king with this name at Stamford Bridge.
ANSWER: Harald [or Harold; accept Harold Godwinson or Harold II; accept Harald Hardrada or Harald Sigurdsson or Harald III of Norway; accept Harald Gille or Harald IV]
[10h] The civil war developed into a war between the aristocratic Bagler faction and a rebellious commoner faction named for this material. The faction got its name because its members were supposedly so poor that they made their shoes from this material.
ANSWER: birchbark [accept Birkebeiner, Birkebeinar, Birkebein Party, or Birkebein faction; prompt on wood or bark]
[10m] The Birkebeiner (“beer-kuh-BYE-nur”) won after backing Haakon Haakonsson and Skule Bårdsson (“SKOO-luh BARDS-son”), who held this Old Norse title that roughly means “chieftain.” A man with this title named Birger (“BEER-gur”) helped lead a crusade to establish Swedish rule in Finland.
ANSWER: jarls (“yarls”) [accept earls; accept Birger Jarl]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2116.19100%48%14%

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UC Berkeley BColumbia A100010
Columbia BIndiana A1001020
NYU ACornell B100010
Duke AChicago C100010
Imperial AUC Berkeley A1001020
Illinois AMichigan A100010
Minnesota BGeorgia Tech B1001020
Chicago APenn A100010
Vanderbilt ARutgers A1001020
WUSTL BTexas A100010
Purdue AYale B1001020
Johns Hopkins AChicago B1001020
Toronto AFlorida A1001020
WUSTL ASouth Carolina A1010020
Ohio State AYale A100010
Georgia Tech AMIT A100010
Houston AMinnesota A100010
Iowa State ANorth Carolina A1001020
Brown ANorthwestern A1010020
Virginia ACornell A10101030
Maryland AHarvard A1001020