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'''Berkshire''' ({{Wiki|Old English}}: '' | '''Berkshire''' ({{Wiki|Old English}}: ''Bearrocscire'') is a county in the {{Wiki|South East England|South East}} of [[England]]. The [[River Thames]] forms the northern border of the county.<ref name="wiki">{{WP|Berkshire}}</ref> According to [[Asser]]'s biography of [[Alfred the Great|King Alfred]], Berkshire takes its name from a wood of box trees, which was called ''Bearroc''<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Asser (memory)|Asser]]</ref> (a Celtic word meaning "hilly"). | ||
==History== | |||
===Viking Age=== | |||
[[Alfred the Great]], future [[Kingdom of England|King of the Anglo-Saxons]] was born in Berkshire, in the town of [[Wantage]] in 849.<ref name="Alfred">{{WP|Alfred the Great}}</ref> | |||
The [[Battle of Ashdown]] was fought in Berkshire in 871. During the battle between the [[Great Heathen Army]] and the forces of King [[Æthelred I, King of Wessex|Athelred I]] of [[Wessex]], ''[[jarl]]'' [[Osbern]] was killed.<ref name="Osbern">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]'' – Chapter 13</ref> | |||
In 878, Alfred the Great gained command of the fyrd of Berkshire, and sent them to overlook the [[River Thames]] and the {{Wiki|Icknield Way}}, as Alfred predicted that [[Guthrum]]'s army would march from this direction towards the [[Battle of Chippenham]].<ref name="Fyrd">''Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga'' – Chapter 25</ref> | |||
===Victorian Era=== | |||
In 1863, {{Wiki|Broadmoor Hospital|Broadmoor Asylum}} was opened, taking some patients from {{Wiki|Bethlem Royal Hospital}} in the process.<ref name="Lambeth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Lambeth Asylum (1868)|Database: Lambeth Asylum]]</ref> | |||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{1stm}} {{Mdat}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{ | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{mo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Blood Brothers]]'' | |||
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[[Category:Counties of England]] | |||
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Berkshire (Old English: Bearrocscire) is a county in the South East of England. The River Thames forms the northern border of the county.[1] According to Asser's biography of King Alfred, Berkshire takes its name from a wood of box trees, which was called Bearroc[2] (a Celtic word meaning "hilly").
History[edit | edit source]
Viking Age[edit | edit source]
Alfred the Great, future King of the Anglo-Saxons was born in Berkshire, in the town of Wantage in 849.[3]
The Battle of Ashdown was fought in Berkshire in 871. During the battle between the Great Heathen Army and the forces of King Athelred I of Wessex, jarl Osbern was killed.[4]
In 878, Alfred the Great gained command of the fyrd of Berkshire, and sent them to overlook the River Thames and the Icknield Way, as Alfred predicted that Guthrum's army would march from this direction towards the Battle of Chippenham.[5]
Victorian Era[edit | edit source]
In 1863, Broadmoor Asylum was opened, taking some patients from Bethlem Royal Hospital in the process.[6]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (first mentioned) (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Blood Brothers
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑
Berkshire on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Asser
- ↑ Alfred the Great on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga – Chapter 13
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga – Chapter 25
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: Lambeth Asylum
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