Guerre et genèse des frontières ouest-saxonnes du VIe siècle d’après la Chronique anglo-saxonne (IXe siècle)

This article addresses the construction of the different frontiers of the West Saxon kingdom (southern England), represented in the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It considers how the battles and other military encounters recorded in the Chronicle for the pre-Viking past of the kingdom, principally the years of the seventh century, relate to the framing of the territorial interests of the kingdom as it stood during the late ninth century. The article discusses the geographical significance of four phases of West Saxon conquest represented by the Chronicle, addressing how these contribute to a sense of the integrity of the frontier of the West Saxon kingdom and the legitimation of the West Saxon dynasty under Alfred.