Under the terms of his surrender, Guthrum was obliged to be baptised as a Christian to endorse the agreement, plus allow him to rule more legitimately over his Christian vassals, while remaining pagan to his pagan vassals and then leave Wessex.
10 Facts About Guthrum
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The subsequent Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum set out the boundaries between Alfred and Guthrum's territories, as well as agreements on peaceful trade and the weregild value of its people.
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Guthrum subsequently retreated with the remnants of his army to their "stronghold"; Alfred pursued and besieged him for fourteen days.
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Under the terms of his surrender, Guthrum was obliged to be baptised in the Christian faith and then with his army leave Wessex.
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Guthrum returned to East Anglia, and although there are records of Viking raiding parties in the 880s, Guthrum ceased to be a threat and ruled for more than ten years as a Christian king for his Saxon vassals and simultaneously as a Norse king for his Viking ones.
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On his death in 890, the Annals of St Neots, a chronicle compiled at Bury St Edmunds in the 12th century, recorded that Guthrum was buried at Hadleigh, Suffolk.
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Guthrum appears or is mentioned in several works of fiction, including:.
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Guthrum appears in a number of video games that are set during the Viking Age.
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Guthrum is the leader of the East Engle faction in the 2018 strategy video game Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia.
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Guthrum is an ally of the Norse drengr Eivor in the 2020 video game Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.