Fortified burhs, urbanism, and Alfred's defensive network (c. 870–950)

1. Great Heathen Army intensifies English wars

   Jan 1, 865Labels: Great Heathen, East Anglia

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

2. Guthrum seizes Chippenham, Alfred retreats

   Jan 15, 878Labels: Guthrum, Chippenham

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

3. Alfred wins Battle of Edington

   May 1, 878Labels: Alfred, Battle of

   • Britannica
   • WHE

4. Settlement after Edington and Viking withdrawal

   Jun 1, 878Labels: Guthrum, Treaty of

   • Britannica
   • Wedmore

5. Alfred’s burh strategy takes shape

   Jan 1, 880Labels: Burhs, Alfred

   • Hidage
   • WHE

6. Alfred restores and refortifies London

   Jan 1, 886Labels: London, Lundenburh

   • Asser
   • London

7. Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum defines borders

   Jan 1, 886Labels: Treaty of, Alfred

   • Britannica
   • Treaty

8. New Viking armies land in Kent

   Jan 1, 892Labels: Appledore, Kent

   • Army
   • Buttington

9. Campaigns test burhs and mobile defense

   Jan 1, 893Labels: Burh system, Exeter

   • Army
   • Hastein

10. Edward and Æthelflæd expand burh-based reconquest

    Jan 1, 911Labels: Edward the, thelfl d

    • Edward
    • Chronicle

11. Burghal Hidage records the burh network

    Jan 1, 914Labels: Burghal Hidage, Burhs

    • Hidage

12. Network supports England’s later political unification

    Jan 1, 927Labels: thelstan, Political unification

    • thelstan
    • FactSheet