Permanent historical factsheet

Peace of Wedmore

England · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
878Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

878

Alfred the Great878

Wedmore · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Alfred concluded a peace requiring Guthrum to leave Wessex and accept Christianity.

Alfred the Great878

Wedmore · Warfare / Viking Invasions

The settlement after Edington requires Guthrum to accept baptism and leave Wessex with his army.

Names involved

Alfred the Great

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.