What the records say
- When
- 878
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 51.23° N, 2.81° W
- Description
- 9th century accord between Alfred the Great and Guthrum the Old
Treaty of Wedmore
9th century accord between Alfred the Great and Guthrum the Old
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 to the treaty is that of a Welsh monk, Asser, in his biography of Alfred, known as Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Saxonum, or "The Life of King Alfred", in which Asser describes how after Guthrum's defeat at the Battle of Ethandun, followed by his surrender some days…
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Treaty of Wedmore: Guthrum agrees to a peace treaty and is baptised, taking the name of Aethelstan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Уэдморский договор между королём Альфредом Великим и датчанами (данами, викингами) после многолетней борьбы”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page