Editing Guthrum (section)

==Defeat by Alfred==
{{Main|Battle of Edington}}
In 878, Alfred the Great defeated the Viking Army at the [[Battle of Edington]]. Guthrum subsequently retreated with the remnants of his army to their "stronghold"; Alfred pursued and besieged him for fourteen days.{{sfn|Wood|2005|pages=124–125}}  Guthrum eventually gave in, and a truce was negotiated. The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' records the terms of the surrender:

{{quote|"Then the raiding army granted him [Alfred] hostages and great oaths that they would leave his kingdom and also promised him that their king [Guthrum] would receive baptism; and they fulfilled it. And three weeks later the king Guthrum came to him, one of thirty of the most honourable men who were in the raiding army, at [[Aller, Somerset|Aller]] – and that is near [[Athelney]] – and the king received him at [[baptism]]; and his [[chrism]] loosing was at [[Wedmore]]."|source={{harvnb|Giles|1914|loc=ASC 878}}}}