Was St. Edmund killed by the Vikings in Essex?

Monday, December 19, 2011 - 09:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Keith Briggs, a visiting research fellow in linguistics at the University of the West of England, has proposed a new site for the battle in which King Edmund of East Anglia was killed in 869. If confirmed, the new proposal would change our understanding of the early history of Suffolk and especially of the town and abbey of Bury St. Edmunds.

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