Provenance of Burghal Hidage

Question 1

What does the Burghal Hidage give us?

Answer 1

A list of 33 burhs with hides - we can see from it how the network worked

Question 2

Downsides of the Burghal Hidage as a source

Answer 2

We don’t know when it was written,
In 1731, it was burnt in the Great Cotton Fire and is now somewhat burnt

Question 3

How has the burning of the Burghal Hidage been mitigated?

Answer 3

Reconstruction of the original by Laurence Novell from 1567 is used

Question 4

What were burhs?

Answer 4

Fortified dwelling places under the jurisdiction of the King

Question 5

What was the consequence of burhs?

Answer 5

Short term end to Viking takeover, continued expansion under Edward