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Guthred’s kingdom was indeed to some extent
Christian. The bishopric of Lindisfarne, threatneed
at first, was even brought nearer to the Danish colony
by the transference of the see to Chester-le-Street : the
archbishopric of York survived the upheaval, and
Wulfhere, its archbishop, died, in 892, having escaped
the invasion in his retreat at Addingham in Wharfedale
(Symeon). Guthred, dying on St. Bartholomew’s day,
Aug. 24, 894, was buried in the high church at York.
During four years there was, Æthelwerd notes,
great discord, "because of the foul bands of Danes
who still remained throughout Northumberland" :
meaning that there was an unsettled state of affairs.
The bishopric at Chester-le-Street continued, Eardwulf
being succeeded, in 899 or 900, by Cutheard ; but it
was not until 900 or 901 that Æthelbald was consecrated
archbishop of York. In 901 Æthelwald the
pretender, who was killed (p. 101) together with
King Jórik of East Anglia, went to Northumbria to
seek help which should put him on the throne of
Wessex. He was elected king of York, and so
Northumbria received another Christian ruler, one
of the West Saxon royal family, though hostile to the
reigning king of Wessex. At his death, in 905, the
Northumbrians made peace with King Eadward : and
we have no further notices of their choice of a ruler
until 911, when we find Ecwils (or Eowils, Jógísl?)
and Halfdan as joint kings, or kings of a divided
realm. Florence of Worcester, after naming them,
injudiciously interpolates "brothers of king Hinguar" :
but as Halfdan the brother of Ivar had been fighting
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