Scholarly Info
Description |
The army from Gaul (Anonymi 2531) harried as far as Northamptonshire and Berkshire. |
Year |
893 |
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Primary Source Info
Date from Source |
893: at Easter |
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Notes:
*Ęthelweard 23 defines the date as 'nine hundred years from the glorious birth of the Saviour besides seven'.
*See T. Shippey, 'A Missing Army: Some Doubts about the Alfredian Chronicle', In Geardagum 4 (1982), 41-55.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Participant:
Anonymi 2531
(The part of Anonymi 2521 who returned from the Continent to England in 892 ) : Anonymi 2531 following the lurking places of the huge wood called Andred spread as far as the West Angles so that they harried the neighbouring provinces, namely, Hampshire and Berkshire.
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