Machine generated contents note: Appendix 4 `The will of Leofwine': Text and translation. 1. The grounds of Maldon -- 2. Horse and hawk -- 3. Hearth and home -- 4. `Here stands an earl' -- 5. `Blessed is the man': Byrhtnoth's prayer -- 6. `From a great kindred in Mercia' -- 7. Feud and friendship -- 8. The Battle of the Holme -- 9. Beowulf and Maldon -- pt. II After the battle -- 10. `And so to Maldon': The account of the Pattle in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -- 11. Byrhtferth of Ramsey's Life of St Oswald -- 12. Memories of a golden age: `Maldon' in The Book of Ely -- pt. III Appendices -- Appendix 1 The Battle of Maldon: Text and translation -- Appendix 2 `The Battle of the Holme': Text and translation -- Appendix 3 The case of Æthelric of Booking: Text and translation -- Appendix 4 `The will of Leofwine': Text and translation.
Summary:
"The Battle of Maldon is one of the most important texts of the Anglo-Saxon age. Using his own vivid translations of the Old English verse, Mark Atherton evokes the chaotic ebb and flow of the battle while also placing Maldon in the context of its age. In doing so, The Battle of Maldon: War and Peace in Tenth-Century England provides the authoritative treatment of this iconic text, its history and its legacy"-- Provided by publisher.
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