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Brunanburh, battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Brunanburh, battle of, 937. Brunanburh was the crowning military achievement of Athelstan's reign, which saw Wessex advances into Devon, south Wales, and the north. In 937 a formidable coalition attempted to hold him at bay. Constantine...
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Brunanburh
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Brunanburh, a poem in Old English, included in four manuscripts of the Anglo...Chronicle under the year 937, dealing with the battle fought in that year at Brunanburh between the English under Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred, and the...
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battle of Brunanburh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
battle of Brunanburh , AD 937, a victory won by Athelstan , king of the English, over a coalition of Irish, Scots, and Britons (or Welsh) of Strathclyde...
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The writing is generally in sparse prose, but some poems are inserted, notably the stirring "Battle of Brunanburh" (see Brunanburh ). The four chronicles recognized as distinct are called the Winchester Chronicle, the Abingdon Chronicle...
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Anglo-Saxon literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...a precarious and desolate present. The Finnsburgh fragment, The Battle of Maldon, and The Battle of Brunanburh (see Maldon and Brunanburh ), which are all based on historical episodes, mainly celebrate great heroism in the face of overwhelming...
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Athelstan
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...great. From 927 he established direct control of York. He led expeditions against the Scots, culminating in a battle at Brunanburh in 937 when he and his brother and successor, Edmund , led a joint force of West Saxons and Mercians to victory against a...
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Edmund I
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...brother Athelstan in 939. His prestige as a young warrior-prince who had fought victoriously by the side of his brother at Brunanburh (937), and the evidence of his law codes, suggests potential greatness as a ruler, but at the age of only 24 or 25 he...
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Scots, kingdom of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...campaign was launched backing Olaf Guthfrithsson's claim to be king of York, but the army of the allies was destroyed at Brunanburh . The threat of Scandinavian aggression returned briefly during the reign of Constantine's son Indulf (954–...
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...series of Danish wars), and for the disastrous years of Stephen's reign. Most famous of all is the poem on the Battle of Brunanburh (937). The systematic organization of the earlier part of the Chronicle is attributed to Alfred in the course of his literary...
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Olaf Guthfrithsson
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...s grand coalition, which included the king of the Scots and the king of Strathclyde, was cut to pieces by Athelstan at Brunanburh , Olaf escaping in flight (937). After Athelstan's death in 939, Olaf renewed the struggle, occupied York, harried...
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