• The Treaty of Wedmore is a 9th century agreement between King Alfred the Great of Wessex and the Viking king, Guthrum the Old. The only contemporary reference...
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    Wedmore is a large village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on raised ground, in the Somerset Levels between the River...
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  • to leave Wessex. That agreement is known as the Treaty of Wedmore. Sometime after Wedmore, a treaty was agreed that set out the lasting peace terms between...
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    Dane Guthrum sometime between 6 and 12 May 878, resulting in the Treaty of Wedmore later the same year. Primary sources locate the battle at "Eðandun"...
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  • with union of the Picts and the Scots 878 Battle of Ethandun, defeat of Viking forces, results in Treaty of Wedmore and establishment of the Danelaw...
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  • would not attack Wessex again, agreeing to the Treaty of Wedmore. Alfred would then reorganise the army of Wessex to ensure there was always a standing...
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    Great Heathen Army (category Kingdom of East Anglia)
    over them at the Battle of Edington in 878. This was followed closely by what was described by Asser as the Treaty of Wedmore, where Guthrum agreed to...
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  • with his army leave Wessex. This agreement is known as the Treaty of Wedmore. Another treaty soon followed that set out the boundaries between Alfred and...
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    called the Treaty of Wedmore, but it was to be some years after the cessation of hostilities that a formal treaty was signed. Under the terms of the so-called...
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    of Assandun on 18 October 1016, King Edmund signed a treaty with Cnut (Canute) under which all of England except for Wessex would be controlled by Cnut...
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    Wiltshire (near Bratton Castle). Treaty of Wedmore: Guthrum agrees to a peace treaty and is baptised, taking the name of Aethelstan. England is divided...
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    Vikings at the Battle of Ethandun and forced their leader Guthrum to sue for peace. The Treaty of Wedmore and the later Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum divided...
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  • Great defeated the Danes at the Battle of Edington and the signing of the Treaty of Wedmore. Players assume control of various factions including Vikings...
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    English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and perhaps the eastern part of The Fens. The kingdom was one of the seven traditional members of the Anglo-Saxon...
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    peace agreement, the Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum, which defined the boundaries of the Danelaw. Alfred received the submission of all the English, including...
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    Battle of Ashingdon. After the battle, Cnut made a treaty with Edmund whereby Edmund would be king of Wessex and Cnut would rule the rest of England...
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  • result of internal conflict inside Norway, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result. List of wars involving Denmark List of wars...
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  • counties of East Suffolk and West Suffolk in 1890. Suffolk suffered severely from Danish incursions, and after the Treaty of Wedmore became a part of the Danelagh...
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    and Tuxford. Nottingham, after the treaty of Wedmore, became one of the five Danish boroughs. On the break-up of Mercia under Hardicanute, Nottinghamshire...
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  • Vikings and besieges them at Chippenham. They capitulate and, by the Treaty of Wedmore, Guthrum is baptised as Æthelstan at Aller, Somerset, and retreats...
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    both of which, however, were destroyed during the Danish invasions of the 9th century. After the Treaty of Wedmore, the district became part of the Danelaw...
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    Alfred of Wessex defeated Guthrum's army at the Battle of Edington in 878. There followed the Treaty of Wedmore the same year and the Treaty of Alfred...
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  • unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Denmark, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result. The Dutch...
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    (Viking) invaders by King Alfred's Treaty of Wedmore with the Danish leader Guthrum. Watling Street, on the north-eastern edge of Warwickshire, became the boundary...
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  • formed as a result of the Treaty of Wedmore in the late 9th century, after Alfred the Great had defeated the Viking Guthrum at the Battle of Ethandun. Between...
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    what is now Bedfordshire formed part of Mercia; by the Treaty of Wedmore it became part of the Danelaw. The Vikings of Bedford were subdued by King Edward...
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    Saxons in first Battle of Towcester. Following the treaty of Wedmore in 884/6 between the Vikings and the Saxon King Alfred of Wessex, Watling Street...
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  • Wiltshire (near Bratton Castle). Treaty of Wedmore: Guthrum agrees to a peace treaty and is baptised, taking the name of Aethelstan. England is divided...
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    the signing of the Treaty of Wallingford, where Stephen recognised Henry, son of Matilda and her second husband Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, as...
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    him. The north of Mercia remained under pagan influence until Ivar’s successor, Guthrum, converted to Christianity at the Treaty of Wedmore in 878. Fletcher...
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