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An edition of 'The Battle of Brunanburh'

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The anonymous poem on the Battle of Brunanburh appears under the year 937 in four manuscripts (A, B, C and D) of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It celebrates the victory of King Athelstan over the allied forces of the Irish Vikings and the King of Scots in a battle which was a turning-point in tenth-century English history. The location of the field of battle has been forgotten, but it may have been somewhere in the West Midlands. My edition of the text of the poem originally appeared on my now defunct website, "Edward's Anglo-Saxon Page."

History

Date Created

10/07/2003

Date

c.937-939 AD

Temporal Coverage

937-939

Creator

Anonymous tenth-century poem, edited by Edward M. Bridle.

Source

Contributor's own resource

Intended Audience

5. 1st Level Higher Education (e.g. undergraduate degree, and taught Masters) or Adult Education Programmes (Continuing Education)

Language

Old English

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