Maldon (Anglo-Saxon poem). English & Anglo-Saxon. 1991.
Notes:
Includes The Battle of Maldon in Anglo-Saxon and modern English and other Anglo-Saxon texts related to the battle. Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliography of the Battle of Maldon: p. [294]-301.
Contents:
Documentary evidence. The Battle of Maldon / Donald Scragg -- The anglo-saxon chronicle / Janet M. Bately -- The life of St. Oswald / Michael Lapidge -- Byrhtnoth's obits and twelfth-century accounts of the Battle of Maldon / Alan Kennedy -- 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 tenth century / Richard Abels -- Aethelred's coinage and the payments of tribute / Mark Blackburn -- The site of the Battle of Maldon / John McN. Dodgson -- The significance of the poem. Byrhtnoth's eighteenth-century context / Kathryn Sutherland -- The Battle of Maldon 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 / Margaret A.L. Locherbie-Cameron -- Byrhtnoth and Ely. Byrhtnoth and his family / Margaret A.L. Locherbie-Cameron. (cont.) 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.
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