King Alfred and the cult of St Edmund: Anna Chapman considers what lies behind the cult of an East Anglian king killed by the Vikings in 869.

History Today | July 1, 2003| | Copyright

IN FEBRUARY 3RD 1014, witnesses watched as a miracle took place in the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. They were joined by an imposing but unwelcome visitor: the new king, Swein Forkbeard the Dane, had arrived fresh from conquering England to pillage both the wealthy shrine of St Edmund and the property of his new East Anglian subjects. But before he could begin, a vision of Edmund appeared and began gently to scold the king about his oppression of the English people. A more pious man than Swein might have found the intervention of a long-dead saint disconcerting, but he ...

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