The Vikings: Attack on England
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The Vikings: Attack on England (part 2)
The Viking force in Eboracum became known as the Great Army. It fought off two Northumbrian lords and secured the whole of Northumbria. Ivar then headed south to East Anglia, where he defeated and killed the local king. The Vikings, in possession of two of the English kingdoms, also made inroads into Mercia. They were then content to settle for what they had won, and most of them reverted to their original occupation as farmers.
In 871 CE, another Viking leader, Guthrum, attacked Wessex. The new king of Wessex, Alfred the Great (ruled 871 899 CE), made a determined stand. against the invaders. Hostilities continued for several years, and then, around 878 CE, the two sides signed a treaty that recognized the right of the Vikings to settle in northeastern England. Became of the Vikings who took part in the m sion were Danes, the area became know as the Danclaw Under the terms of the treaty, Guthrum also agreed to be p tized as a Christian.
The struggle between the Vikings and the English was far from over, how Despite Alfred's efforts to protect Wes the Vikings remained entrenched much of northern and eastern England and during the 10th and early 11th centuries CE, Scandinavian campaigns capture Wessex intensified. In 1013 C Sweyn Forkbeard (the overlond Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) in northern England with a great a and the established inhabitants ofi Danelaw swore allegiance tom Marching southward, Forkbeards f so intimidated the English that may abandoned the Wessex king, Arth the Unready (ruled 978-1016 CE), and joined forces with the Scandinavians. Acthelred fled to Normandy, and Forkbeard claimed the whole of England as his own. Forkbeard's triumph was short-lived, however; he died suddenly only a few weeks later, leaving his new kingdom to his son, Cnut (or Canute).
The transfer of power from Sweyn Forkbeard to Cnut was not smooth. Aethelred returned from exile with a new army, and Cnut had to fight for his inheritance. However, Aethelred and his son Edmund Ironside both died in 1016 CE, and Cnut became undisputed king of the whole of England, which he ruled until his death in 1035 CE. Cnut held sway over a vast empire that consisted of England, Norway, Denmark, and some of what is now Sweden.
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