Event: Hostage-giving/taking
Anonymi 2531
.giving of hostages (
Anonymi 2563
)
Asserted in:
Ęthelweard.Chron
iv.3 (p. 49)
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Scholarly Info
Description
Hostages (
Anonymi 2563
) were given by the Danes (
Anonymi 2531
) [at Thorney].
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... obsides dantur ...
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Anonymi 2531
(
The part of
Anonymi 2521
who returned from the Continent to England in 892
)
Participant
:
Anonymi 2563
(
Hostages given by the Danes (
Anonymi 2531
) at Thorney in 893
)
Recipient
:
Edward 2
(
the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 899-924
)
Recipient
:
Ęthelred 1
(
Lord of the Mercians, 879-911
)
Locations associated with this Event:
[Thorney]: (
), now
Iver, Buckinghamshire