Blog: The Battle of Maldon

Title

Blog: The Battle of Maldon

Subject

Blog

Description

Eleanor Parker discusses the Old English poem 'The Battle of Maldon'. The poem describes a battle that is also recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and which the Vikings won. Olaf Tryggvason may have been present at this battle, as some traditions have it.

Creator

Eleanor Parker

Source

http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.ie/

Publisher

Eleanor Parker

Date

10/08/2014

Contributor

Administrator

Rights

Eleanor Parker

Relation

http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.ie/

Format

Hyperlink

Language

English
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)

Type

Hyperlink

Identifier

http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.ie/2014/08/the-battle-of-maldon.html

Coverage

Viking Age, Maldon, England, 991 AD

Files

Byrhtnoth's Plaque

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Comments

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