[SunkenCiv]

Edmund the Martyr is killed by the Danes. Image: James Edmund William Doyle. Wikimedia commons

[blueunicorn6]

Well, from the painting, I’d say the Poles were in on it.

[JimRed]

Edmund's remains were believed to be housed in the abbey...

Where did that belief originate? How would the Vikings of that era typically have disposed of the dead body of an enemy? Would they be likely to have returned it to his countrymen for burial, or would they have burned or buried it themselves?

[colorado tanker]

It does make me wonder why Edmund would be down in Essex with East Anglia under Viking invasion, but maybe he thought that was the best place to bring them to battle.

[colorado tanker]

It does make me wonder why Edmund would be down in Essex with East Anglia under Viking invasion, but maybe he thought that was the best place to bring them to battle.