The Making of England Ch6

Question 1

939

Answer 1

Aethelstan died
Brother Edmund succeeded him as King of ‘England’
Olaf Guthfrisson retook York

Question 2

940

Answer 2

Olaf Guthfrithsson raided into Mercia
Wailing Street agreement arranged by Archbishops of Canterbury and York: Edmund accepted that Olaf controlled most of the Danelaw, Northumbria and East Anglia; Olaf was baptised and accepted as Edmund’s godson
Dinstan (Benedictine reformer) = Bishop of Glastonbury

Question 3

941

Answer 3

Olaf Guthfrisson was killed; he was replaced by Olaf Sihtricsson

Question 4

942

Answer 4

Edmund reconquered Merica and much of the Danelaw / ‘The Five Boroughs’

Question 5

943

Answer 5

Edmund supported monastic reform after a near fatal hunting accident
Northumbrians replaced Olaf Sihtricsson with Reginald Guthfrisson

Question 6

943/4

Answer 6

Edmund reconquered Northumbria and drove Reginald from York

Olaf and Raegnald seem to have visited Edmund’s Court and agreed to peace/baptism

Question 7

945

Answer 7

Edmund raided into Strathclyde to stop King Dunmail allying with Vikings and attacking Northumbria; Edmund ceded jurisdiction of Strathclyde to Malcolm, King of Scots

Question 8

946

Answer 8

Edmund was murdered at Pucklechurch by the thief Liofa

His brother Eadred became king of England

Question 9

947

Answer 9

Northumbrians (including Wulfstan, Archbishop of York) swore allegiance to Eadred at Tanshelf
Northumbrians broke their oaths and formed an alliance with the Viking Eric Bloodaxe who claimed to be king of York

Question 10

948

Answer 10

Eadred attacked Northumbria and razed Rippon Minster
Eadred’s army was defeated at Castleton as they returned south
But the Northumbrians swore allegiance to Eadred again when he threatened to obliterate their kingdom in revenge

Question 11

950/1

Answer 11

Northumbria rebelled again and switched their support from Eric Bloodaxe to Olaf Sihtricsson who returned from Dublin and claimed to be king of York
Reforming priest Aethelwold = Bishop of Abingdon

Question 12

952

Answer 12

Eric Bloodaxe returned to Northumbria
Northumbrians sided with Eric again and drove Olaf from York
Eadred issued arrest orders for Wulfstan because of his disloyalty
Dunstan influenced the increasingly ill king
Reformer Aethelwold appointed abbot of Abingdon Monastery

Question 13

954

Answer 13

Wulfstan reinstated as Archbishop of York
Northumbrians turned against Eric Bloodaxe and force him out of kingdom
Northumbrians swore another oath of allegiance to Eadred
Eric Bloodaxe died (perhaps in battle, maybe Northumbrians and other Vikings murdered him at Stainmore in Cumbria)
Eared began to issue Charters declaring himself to be ‘King and Emperor of Anglo Saxons and Northumbrians, governor of pagans and defender of Britons’ - a higher status than Aethelstan claimed as Eadred’s territorial lordship included most of Britain, not just England

Question 14

955

Answer 14

Eared died and left 1600 pounds of treasure to protect kingdom from disease and Vikings
His son Earwig became king (brief reign 955-959)
Dunstan exiled by Eadwig

Question 15

956

Answer 15

Dustan appointed brilliant alderman (e.g. Byrhtnoth of Essex)

Question 16

957

Answer 16

By 957, Edgar known as king of Merica and Northumbria; Earwig was king of Wessex