OCR GCSE History B · J411
Paper 3
A Christian ceremony marking a person's entry into the Christian faith.
Revise: Great heathen armyGuthrum supplied hostages and promised to leave Wessex. He also accepted Christian baptism, with Alfred acting as his sponsor. Baptism helped express a new relationship between the two rulers: Guthrum was now a Christian ruler with a personal connection to Alfred.
- Revise: Harald Bluetooth
A ceremony using water through which a person is formally admitted to the Christian Church.