In 851 a massive Danish fleet of 350 ships stormed Canterbury, sacking the city. The same force defeated King Beorhtwulf of Mercia, who had come to defend London, and temporarily overwintered on the Thames estuary island of Thanet. The attack on Canterbury — seat of the Archbishop and spiritual capital of England — shocked the kingdom. Aethelwulf's victory at Aclea later in the year partially restored confidence.
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