Vikings Flashcards
1
Q
840s
A
Random raids on England
2
Q
850s
A
Armies began to winter in England
3
Q
860s
A
Began to assemble larger enemies with a clear intent of conquest
4
Q
865
A
Forced the East Angles to help supply an army
5
Q
866
A
Captured York
6
Q
867
A
Took over the southern part of the kingdom of Northumbria.
7
Q
878
A
Great Heathen army has taken over the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of eastern Anglia
8
Q
Who led the Great Heathen Army
A
3 Brothers : Halfdan and Ivar ‘the Boneless’ and Ubbe.
9
Q
878
A
King Alfred of Wessex and Guthrum the Danish Leader reached a peace agreement at
Wedmore in Somerset.
10
Q
What land the Treaty of Wedmore give to the vikings?
A
Danelaw
