The Frankish and Anglo-Saxon sources record a major Viking attack on London in 842, described as a great slaughter. This attack — nine years before the larger 851 assault — shows that London was a prime Viking target from the earliest phase of large-scale raiding. The city's commercial wealth and position on the Thames made it irresistible to raiders operating from the Continent and Scandinavia.
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