The Battle of Maldon, AD 991

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The Battle of Maldon, AD 991

edited by D.G. Scragg

B. Blackwell in association with the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies, 1991

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Includes The Battle of Maldon in Anglo-Saxon and modern English and other Anglo-Saxon texts related to the battle

Includes bibliographical references

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The Battle of Maldon took place by the estuary of the Blackwater river in Essex in 991. An army drawn from Essex and the surrounding areas under the leadership of the local ealdorman, Byrhtnoth, was defeated by a party of marauding vikings, ushering in a period of some 25 years when the English were forced to appease viking attackers with large amounts of coin, known as the Danegeld, and which culminated in the accession of Cnut to the English throne. This book, published to mark the 1000th anniversary of the battle, aims to provide a comprehensive guide to the background, events and consequences. It also considers the 325-line fragment of the epic poem that celebrated the bravery of Byrhtnoth and his men, and lamented their defeat and deaths.

目次

  • Part 1 Documentary evidence: the battle of Maldon, D.G. Scragg
  • the Anglo-Saxon, Janet Batley
  • "The Life of St Oswald", Michael Lapridge
  • Byrhtnoth's obits and 12th-century accounts of the battle of Maldon, Alan Kennedy. Part 2 The background of the battle: the historical context of the battle of Maldon, Simon Keynes
  • the Danish perspective, Niels Lund
  • English tactics, strategy and military organization in the late 10th century, Richard Abels
  • Ethelred's coinage and the payment of tribute, Mark Blackburn
  • the site of the battle of Maldon, J. Dodgson. Part 3 The significance of the poem: Byrhtnoth's 18th-century context, Kathryn Sutherland
  • the poem and heroic literature, Roberta Frank
  • weapons and armour, Nicholas Brooks
  • hawks and horse-trappings - the insignia of rank, Gale R. Owen-Crocker
  • the men named in the poem, M.A.L. Locherbie-Cameron. Part 4 Byrhtnoth and his family, M.A.L Locherbie-Cameron
  • the Byrhtnoth tapestry or embroidery, Mildred Budny
  • Byrhtnoth's tomb, Elizabeth Coatsworth
  • Byrhtnoth's remains - a reassessment of his stature, Marilyn Deegan and Stanley Rubin
  • bibliography, Wendy J. Collier.

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