The Battle of Maldon
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The Battle of Maldon is the name given to an Old English poem of uncertain date celebrating the real Battle of Maldon of 991, at which an Anglo-Saxon army failed to repulse a Viking raid. Only 325 lin
Text on a filing cabinet at the Dictionary of Old English office, University of Toronto: "Thought must be the harder, heart be the keener, mind must be the greater, while our strength lessens." (tr. Jonathan A. Glenn) In the poem, these words are spoken by Byrhtwold.
Byrhtnoth's Plaque near Northey Island, in Maldon, Essex
Byrhtnoth statue in Maldon, Essex. Hero and loser of the Battle of Maldon in 991.
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Battle of Maldon
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The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 or 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the Eng
The Battle of Maldon
…The Battle of Maldon is the name given to an Old English poem of uncertain date celebrating the real Battle of Maldon of 991, at which an Anglo-Saxon army failed to repulse a Viking raid. Only 325 lines of the poem are extant; both the beginning and the ending are lost…
Alfred Pearseː Battle of Maldon in 991 (Hutchinson's Story of the British Nation, 1922)
The battlefield from the air. Earl Byrhtnoth's forces were drawn up on the shore (top); Olaf's men had to cross the causeway from Northey Island (left).
Battle of Maldon plains