The Great Heathen Army returned to East Anglia in 869 and destroyed the East Anglian army at Hoxne. King Edmund was captured and when he refused to renounce Christianity or share his kingdom with a pagan king he was bound to a tree, shot with arrows, and beheaded. Edmund was rapidly venerated as a martyr and his cult became one of the most important in England. Bury St Edmunds is named for him.
East Anglian army annihilated; King Edmund martyred
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