The Earliest Viking Activity in England?
Clare Downham
Abstract The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has been regarded as an unproblematic guide to the first viking raids on English-speaking peoples. hiatus in records of from AD 794 until 835 led scholars believe that southern Britain suffered little piratical activity those years. This paper uses evidence contemporary letters, foreign chronicles and charters provide alternative narrative. These sources demonstrate Kent under threat seaborne attacks 790s 820s when no events are recorded Chronicle. invites reconsideration textbook accounts beginning Viking Age England.
The English Historical Review