Following his defeat at Edington, Guthrum surrendered to Alfred. Twelve days after the baptism ceremony at Aller in Somerset, the chrism-loosing ceremony was held at Wedmore. Guthrum took the Christian name Aethelstan. The subsequent Peace of Wedmore and later Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum defined the Danelaw boundary. This was one of the most consequential diplomatic moments in early medieval English history.
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