I have read some sources from / about the early Middle Ages, specifically the “Anglo Saxon Chronicle” and the “Heimskringla Saga” and both of them contained references to individuals, warriors / nobility for a matter of fact, being “burned in their house”. I don’t think I have heard that from later periods and I also have a hard time imagining just as to how one would burn their opponent and their house in a fighting scenario. Could this be a reference to something else or am I maybe imagining the reality of combat and noble homesteads incorrectly?
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