The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is an account by year of the major events which transpired in the middle ages. The entries selected deal with the Vikings and their first assaults on the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms around the ninth century of the Common Era. It also shows the various form of resistance that the king of Wessex, Alfred, used to defend his kingdom.
The first Danish attack on Anglo-Saxon soil is recorded in the year 789 of the Common Era. In Portland Dorset the first of many Viking raids began. This event established a new danger which threatened the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Furthermore, the knowledge and threat of Viking piracy grew as the Monastery of Lindisfarne was destroyed over a decade later. The Vikings had begun their raids upon the coast of England.
Anglo-Saxons who lived near bodies of water were forced to resist large Viking…show more content… This meant he Vikings traveled on land and no longer relied on ships in order to transport themselves. The Vikings gained more ground as they occupied new kingdoms on the island. The Danes conquered more land and their expansion threatened the remaining Anglo-Saxon regions. Major battles began in the year that followed. These battles were waged between the kingdom of Wessex and the Danes. They were fought for the control of the southern Anglo-Saxon occupied regions of England. King Alfred led Wessex and the West Saxons, after he succeeded his brother’s rule. The Viking occupation of Anglo-Saxon lands led to Alfred unifying the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms under his rule. A centralized Anglo-Saxon power was established under Alfred. For these reasons, larger armies had assembled and war was being raged throughout the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. The Danes who had come in raiding parties a century earlier, were engaged in battles of thousands of men. Their original idea of plunder had termed into occupation and then war with those who resided in the areas they had
