Events Tagged: "Winchester"

Vikings sack Winchester - West Saxon capital burned, but Vikings driven off by relieving force

Aethelwold expels secular clergy from Winchester - forcibly replaces married priests with celibate monks, seizes property

Council of Winchester establishes Regularis Concordia - unified rule for English monasteries, monks control major churches

Third Danegeld payment - 24,000 pounds of silver paid to Viking army

Emma holds Winchester treasury - controls royal treasure against Harold Harefoot, acts as regent for absent Harthacnut