Scholarly Info
Description |
The Mercians (Anonymi 2457) and West Angles waged civil war; Ecgberht 10 gained the victory. |
Year |
825 |
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Primary Source Info
Original Text |
... Myrcii et Occidentales Angli ciuilia bella gessere in cognominato loco Ellendune ... |
Date from Source |
Forty-seven years before the encampment of the barbarians (Anonymi 2497 and Anonymi 34) at Reading, the death of Ęthelred 15 and the accession of Alfred 8 |
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Notes:
*Ecgberht 10's opponent, Beornwulf 3, is not mentioned in this passage.
*As @Campbell 1962, p. 40 n. 1, observes: '48 would be exact.'
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