'Edmund, King of East Anglia, killed by the Danes', 1864. In 869, the Great Heathen Army advanced on East Anglia and the kingdom was devastated. On refusing the Danes' demand he renounced Christ, Edmund was beaten, shot with arrows and then beheaded. From A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485 by James E. Doyle. [Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London, 1864]
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