On St Brice Day, 13 November 1002, Aethelred ordered the killing of all Danish men in England. The massacre killed settled Danish traders, craftsmen, and mercenaries throughout southern England. Gunhild, sister of Sweyn Forkbeard and wife of an English earl, was allegedly among those killed at Oxford. Sweyn used the massacre as a casus belli for intensified raiding from 1003 onward, providing him a personal grievance and propaganda victory.
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