Event: Battle, Ship-building/shipwreck, Submission
Alfred 8
-
Anonymi 2529
.fighting at sea against
Anonymi 2522
Asserted in:
Ęthelweard.Chron
iv.3 (p. 44)
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Scholarly Info
Description
Alfred 8
met four ships (
Anonymi 2522
): two were destroyed by him and two laid down arms and submitted.
Year
882
Primary Source Info
Date from Source
<882>: two years after
Anonymi 2521
went to Ghent
Persons associated with this Event:
Participant
:
Alfred 8
(
the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 871-899
) :
Alfred 8
went on board a ship (
Anonymi 2529
). He met four light vessels (
Anonymi 2522
).
Participant
:
Anonymi 2529
(
Ship [of men] who went to sea with
Alfred 8
against
Anonymi 2522
)
Participant
:
Anonymi 2522
(
Four ships against whom
Alfred 8
fought in 882
) : Two ships, having been overcome, were destroyed by [
Alfred 8
]; the remaining two, having given up their arms, submitted.