Glazing is the only real difference between glazed and unglazed tiles. After the ceramic tiles are fired, a thin coat of liquefied glass is applied over the top surface. The glass is what makes glazed tiles so highly moisture and stain resistant and what gives them their colour.Unglazed ceramic tiles, while not as stain resistant as glazed tiles, are not as slippery.fter the ceramic tiles are fired, a thin coat of liquefied glass is applied over the top surface. The glass is what makes glazed tiles so highly moisture and stain resistant and what gives them their colour. Unglazed ceramic tiles, while not as stain resistant as glazed tiles, are not as slippery.
Danes capture York (which the Vikings called Jorvik) and make it their kingdon (land ruled by a king). 871. King Ethelred, the West Saxon king, and his brother Alfred, defeat the Viking army at the Battle of Ashdown (in Berkshire).ing Alfred the Great defeats the Vikings but allows them to settle in Eastern England (the Kingdoms of York and East Anglia) This area on England becomes known as Danelaw and is ruled by the Viking King Guthrum.
The name 'Viking' comes from a word in the Old Norse language meaning sea raiding. At that time, most of the Viking homelands, present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden, were mainly woodlands or harsh landscapes.The Vikings had no lands for farming. As a result, the sea was taken by them as one way to make a living and to search for treasures, wealth and new farming land.nvasion of Russia. The Vikings also founded states in Russia and Ukraine in 860AD and travelled along eastern Europe. They also stopped at Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) where they were employed as the emperor's bodyguard..