Battle of Edington
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Barbarians, Nomads
- Curriculum: British History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, Scandinavian History
- Geographical Location: England, United Kingdom
- Date: Between May 6 and 12, 878
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in Danish Viking invasion of England. Result: English victory.
What little we know about this significant battle comes from the now partly discredited Life of King Alfred by Asser, Alfred the Great’s biographer. He relates how Alfred’s army, together with forces from Hampshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, marched at dawn from Iley in Wiltshire and engaged the entire Viking army. This was a detachment of the Danish summer army under Guthrum, which had wintered at Chippenham, and though Asser’s inference is...
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