Submission of the Welsh

Question 1

What year did the submission take place?

Answer 1

918

Question 2

What encouraged the Welsh to submit?

Answer 2

Appears to have happened in direct response to Edward assuming control of Mercia on the death of Aethelflaed - Welsh likely saw it as an opportunity to protect themselves against any more Mercian aggression

Question 3

What is there ambiguity around with the agreement?

Answer 3

Some ambiguity as to if it was a straightforward submission vs friendly alliance of mutral respect
but largely seems to have been based on subservience

Question 4

Evidence for the submission of the Welsh being a straightforward submission?

Answer 4

• occurs directly after Edward forcefully assumed control of Mercia by marching on Tamworth and putting his niece Aelfywynn in a nunnery following Aethelfaled’s death + also the Welsh had faced repeated mercian aggression in the past from both Aethelred and Aethelflaed , so the Welsh may have wanted to pre-emptively submit to Edward as the new ruler of Mercia

Question 5

Evidence for the submission of the Welsh merely being a mutral respect/friendly alliance?

Answer 5

• In the past, Alfred had offered to protect the Welsh against the Danes + Edward had continued this friendly tradition, paying the ransom of the Welsh bishop Llandaff when he was captured by the Danes