Event: Hostage-giving/taking
Hæsten 1
-
Anonymi 2564
.hostages given
Asserted in:
Æthelweard.Chron
iv.3 (p. 50)
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Scholarly Info
Description
The Danes [sc.
Hæsten 1
and
Anonymi 2564
] did not refuse hostages (
Anonymi 2587
).
Year
893
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... haud negant obsides ...
Date from Source
<893>: following the battle of Buttington
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Hæsten 1
(
Viking leader who came to Britain from Francia, fl. 892
)
Agent
:
Anonymi 2564
(
Large force from Benfleet which accompanied
Hæsten 1
in 893
)
Recipient
:
Æthelhelm 7
(
Ealdorman of Wiltshire, d.897
)
Recipient
:
Æthelnoth 14
(
Ealdorman of Somerset, fl. 878-893
)
Recipient
:
Æthelred 1
(
Lord of the Mercians, 879-911
)
Participant
:
Anonymi 2587
(
Hostages given by
Hæsten 1
and the Danes after the battle at Buttington in 893
)