Event: Hostage-giving/taking
Anonymi 2507
.giving of hostages to
Alfred 8
after the Battle of Edington
Asserted in:
Ęthelweard.Chron
iv.3 (p. 43)
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Scholarly Info
Description
Anonymi 2507
gave hostages (
Anonymi 2520
).
Year
878
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... non negant obsides ...
Date from Source
<878>: after the battle of Edington
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Anonymi 2507
(
Portion of
Anonymi 34
who went with
Guthrum 1
,
Oscytel 1
and
Anwend 1
(876-885)
)
Participant
:
Anonymi 2520
(
Hostages given to
Alfred 8
in 878 after the battle of Edington
)
Recipient
:
Alfred 8
(
the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 871-899
)