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John Peddie expertly examines the scale and intent of the relentless threat of conquest by the Viking sea-raiders, the military and logistical problems that beset both sides, and the strategies devised by King Alfred of Wessex which led to the reconquest of his Wessex homeland and the creation of England itself.
8th June, 2018 in History, Military, Women in History
On the 8 June 793, Vikings raided the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, bringing about what is largely accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasion of England. 117 years later Gloucester’s own warrior queen, Aethelflaed, fought back. The ruins of Lindisfarne Abbey 1,…
9th May, 2018 in Biography & Memoir, History
King Alfred the Great is the most famous and celebrated of all Anglo-Saxon kings. His statue stands at the heart of a number of southern English towns – Wantage, where he was born over a thousand years ago; Winchester, where he was buried; Pewsey and Shaftesbury, where he also ha…
3rd May, 2018 in History, Women in History
Aethelflaed was the only Anglo-Saxon known to have commanded an army. For seven years, the forces of Mercia were led by Aethelflaed, the widow of Aethelred of Mercia and the daughter of Alfred (the Great) of Wessex. We take a look back at the events leading up to, and during, Aet…
