The Battle of Maldon: War and Peace in Tenth-Century England by Mark Atherton

The Battle of Maldon: War and Peace in Tenth-Century England

Mark Atherton

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The Battle of Maldon is an Old English poem depicting a bloody skirmish along the banks of the tidal river Blackwater in 991 and poignantly conjures the lore and language of a nation with its collective back to the wall when faced by the depredati...

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