Event: Hostage-giving/taking, Oath-swearing/fealty
Anonymi 2507
.swearing of oaths to
Alfred 8
Asserted in:
Æthelweard.Chron
iv.3 (pp. 41-2)
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Scholarly Info
Description
Anonymi 2507
gave
Alfred 8
hostages (
Anonymi 2512
) and swore an oath.
Primary Source Info
Date from Source
<876>: [apparently at the time of the peace agreement with
Alfred 8
]
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Anonymi 2507
(
Portion of
Anonymi 34
who went with
Guthrum 1
,
Oscytel 1
and
Anwend 1
(876-885)
) :
Anonymi 2507
gave
Alfred 8
choice men (
Anonymi 2512
) in the view of their kings [sc.
Oscytel 1
,
Guthrum 1
and
Anwend 1
] from their army as hostages. They swore an oath to
Alfred 8
on their sacred arm-ring, which they had never done in other places, that they would swiftly leave their [sc. the West Saxons'] shores.
(Other)
:
Alfred 8
(
the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 871-899
)
(Other)
:
Oscytel 1
(
King with the
here
, fl. 875
)
(Other)
:
Guthrum 1
(
from Denmark, King of the East Angles, the
micel here
, d.890. Baptismal name Æþelstan.
)
(Other)
:
Anwend 1
(
King with the Here, mid/late 9thC
)
Participant
:
Anonymi 2512
(
Hostages given to
Alfred 8
by
Anonymi 2507
when at Wareham in 876
)