1. The Rise of the House of Wessex

3. Viking Invasion

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5. How does Campbell depict the Vikings?
What was the state of England prior to their invasion?
What was their impact on economic activity?

6. What made Alfred “the Great?”
What contrast does Campbell draw between the sources of Offa and Alfred’s reigns?
What made Alfred “the Great?”

7. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle first composed c. 890

8. How has historiography of the Vikings changed over the last 30 years or so?
It depicts the Vikings in a more sympathetic light
We now know that the Vikings were Christian before they arrived in England
We now know that the Vikings brought written laws to England
Beats me. I did not read the book.

9. What was the Danelaw? A Viking legal code
A region in England ruled by Danes
A brutal custom of human sacrifice
A pagan ritual of demonstrating allegiance.

10. Guthrum’s Peace c. 886

12. Alfred the Great

13. How did the laws of Alfred the Great differ from the earlier laws by Aethelberht of Kent?

14. The Burghal Clusters

15. Sample of Burghal Hidage
Hastings
Lewes 1300
Burpham
Chichester 1500
Portchester
Southampton 150
Winchester 2400
Wilton 1400
Chisbury
Shaftesbury
Wareham 1600
Bridport
Exeter

17. The Walls of a Burghal Fortress

18. Early Shire Structure approx. 30 shires. C. 950

19. Writs

21. King Edgar, c. 973