In 850-851 a Danish army wintered on the Isle of Thanet for the first time. This marks the critical shift in Viking strategy from hit-and-run raiding to permanent encampment. The following year they sacked Canterbury and London before being defeated at Acleah. The pattern of overwintering would culminate in the Great Heathen Army of 865.
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