Anglo-Saxon England and the Vikings, 757-1066
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The King of Wessex and the King of England
Alfred, king of wessex was attacked by the norse and viking parties. He had to flee with a small group of supporters from winchester out into the marshy inlands over in somerset, west of winchester. So alfred takes shelter in a small village in the fens, where he 's able to build a remote fortress at athelney,. And use that as a base then to harass and counter attack against the danes. In this stale mate, alfred is able to entirely expel the danes from southern britain as he'd like. But he does persuade one of the major norse chieftains, guthrum
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