terror from berserker bands, ♣
Thames river, ♣, ♦, ♥
as border between English and Viking territory, ♣
travel on, ♣
Thanet, ♣
thegns, ♣, ♦
education, ♣–♦
vengeance,♣
Thor, holy ring, ♣
thorn tree, ♣
and Ashdown battle location, ♣
Thorney island, ♣
throwing spear, ♣
thrusting spear, ♣ time, candles for tracking,
time, candles for tracking, ♣–♦
tithe, by Æthelwulf, ♣
Tone river, ♣
Torksey, ♣–♦
towns in Mercia, reorganization for defense, ♣–♦
Trent, canal to river Witham from, ♣ tun, ♦
Twelfth Night, Guthrum’s attack timed for, ♣
Ubbe, ♣, ♦, ♥
death, ♣
failed siege of Countisbury, ♣
flag of, ♣–♦
in Nottingham, ♣, ♦
Ubbe Ragnarsson, ♣ Uffington Castle, ♦
underground French resistance, ♣
United States, common law foundation, ♣
Uther Pendragon, ♣
vellum, ♣
via francigena, ♣
Viking army
advance on East Anglia, ♣
advantage of avoiding combat, ♣
delight in cruelties, ♣n
division into two units, ♣
howls and jeers at beginning of battle, ♣
raid in AD 885, ♣–♦
strategy, ♣–♦
treatment of captured Saxon king, ♣
weapons, ♣–♦, ♥
Viking berserkers, ♣–♦
Viking families
capture by Edward, ♣
reported arrival in England, ♣–♦
Viking kings, frustration in Wessex, ♣
Viking ships, ♣, ♦–♥
Saxon use, ♣
storm impact, ♣–♦
threat of, ♣
travel on Thames, ♣
Vikings, ♣–♦n, ♥–♠
in AD 878, ♣
Alfred’s concerns about return,♣
arrival of new, and Æthelstan, ♣–♦
communication with Danish settlers,♣
control of British coasts, ♣
cunning and logistic effectiveness, ♣
deal with Alfred to end Wessex occupation, ♣–♦
death of earls, ♣
efforts at English conquest, ♣
hopelessness of campaign against Alfred, ♣
as pagan enemies of God, ♣–♦
peace terms broken by, ♣
raids on travelers, ♣ retreat, ♦–♥
Saxon life under rule of, ♣
strength of, ♣
village, ♣
vows. See also oath for peace
by Guthrum, ♣, ♦–♥
Viking practice of breaking, ♣
Wales,♣
Wallingford, royal estate, ♣, ♦
The Wanderer (poem), ♣n
Wantage (estate), ♣, ♦
Wareham
Alfred’s siege of,♣
Guthrum seizure of, ♣
wassail, ♣
Wayland (Norse god of blacksmithing), ♣
wealth, soldier’s burial of, ♣
weapons of Vikings, ♣–♦, ♥
weapons of Vikings, Wedmore, ♣
Werferth, ♣
wergild, ♣–♦
impact, ♣
Werwulf, ♣
Wessex, ♣n, ♦. See also domboc (law code) AD 871 progress in Viking conquest, ♥
attack on all sides, ♣
Danes at borders, ♣
Danish growing threat to, ♣
Danish longboat attacks, ♣–♦
defense reorganization, ♣
defense weaknesses, ♣
ealdormen, ♣–♦
freed from Vikings, ♣
invitation for Christian scholars, ♣–♦
map, ♣
naval force of, ♣
need to formalize crown succession, ♣
standing army, ♣
Viking deal with Alfred to end occupation,♣–♦
Wessex crown, ♣
as Viking destination, ♣
Wessex navy, ♣, ♦
Alfred’s attention to, ♣
ship design, evaluation of impact, ♣–♦
Wessex troops, weakness of,♣
Wessex troops, weakness West Francia, ♣
Ragnar’s raid, ♣
Viking attack, ♣
Westbury White Horse, ♣–♦
Western Mercia, ♣
white horse
chalk outline in hill, ♣, ♦–♥
in Westbury hill, ♣–♦
white robes after baptism, ♣
Whitehorse Hill, Ashdown and, ♣–♦ Whitsunday, ♥
William of Malmesburg, ♣–♦
Wilton royal estate, ♣
battlefield, ♣–♦
Easter feast, ♣
Wiltshire, ♣, ♦, ♥
and Alfred’s army, ♣
Wimbourne Minster, ♣
Winchester, ♣, ♦
Alfred’s burial, ♣
Alfred’s return to, ♣
defense for, ♣
hanging of Vikings in, ♣
school, ♣
Viking army march toward, ♣
wall measurement, ♣–♦ witan, ♥–♠
Witham river, canal from Trent to, ♣
Wulfhere (ealdorman of Wiltshire), ♣
betrayal of Alfred, ♣
Wycliffe, John, ♣
York,♣
attack on All Saints’ Day, ♣, ♦
efforts to end Danish rule, ♣–♦
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