Brunanburh
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Brunanburh, a poem in Old English, included in four manuscripts of the
Anglo-Saxon 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 Danes under Anlaf from Dublin, supported by the Scots led by Constantine II and the Welsh. The poem is a triumphant celebration of the deeds of Athelstan and his brother and successor Edmund.
Tennyson wrote a verse translation (
Ballads and Other Poems, 1880).
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Translation and adaptation in Tennyson's Battle of Brunanburh.
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...century Anglo-Saxon Battle of Brunanburh is in general an interesting...with great slaughter at Brunanburh in the year 937...detailed analysis of Brunanburh to date, calls "Mangled...emphasize the horrors of battle. The phrase, in his...
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A hawk from a handsaw: a note on the beasts of "The Battle of Brunanburh".(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Saxon Chronicle called "The Battle of Brunanburh," which celebrates the victory...woods. This is the "beasts of battle" typescene; in the aftermath...Campbell, Alistair. The Battle of Brunanburh. London: Heinemann, 1938...
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Onomastics and propaganda in 'Brunanburh.' (poem The Battle of Brunanburh)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 4/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; The Battle of Brunanburh is a praise poem whose celebration of...begeaten--circumscribe the event of the battle and its celebration: "King Aethelstan...NOTES (1.) The text is The Battle of Brunanburh, ed. Alistair Campbell (London...
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Brunanburh reconsidered: Kevin Halloran puts forward a new suggestion for the location of one of the most disputed questions of Anglo-Saxon history: the site of Athelstan's great battle against Alba, Strathclyde and the Vikings.
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...ONE Or THE MOST DECISIVE battles in British history was fought...monarchy. But where did the battle take place? In the absence...long-lost battlefield of Brunanburh have received much attention...may be misplaced. The name Brunanburh is one of several given in...suggested an Old English form ...
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Where was Brunanburh?(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: History Today; 8/1/2006; ; 430 words
; ...by no means the first suggestion that Brunanburh was fought at Burnawick Hill north of...Halloran are wrong as to the site of the battle. This was an invasion of England and...most likely, it is probable that the battle was fought at a river crossing at the...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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Chronicle of Scots battles up for grabs.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 6/14/2003; 534 words
; ...Many, if not most, of these battles took place in and around Northumberland...Scotland. As well as the famous battles of Bannockburn, Flodden and...encounters such as Nechtansmere, Brunanburh, Neville's Cross and Newburn...archive . The Great British Battles - England Versus Scotland by...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Rocky key to hill puzzle; answers to correspondents.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/12/2005; 700+ words
; ...QUESTION I read that the Battle of Brunanburhwas one of the most important battles in Britain in the Middle Ages...The opposing forces met at Brunanburh - probably in the Wirral...moment of English history. The battle was immortalised in an Old English poem, The Battle Of Brunanburh, ...
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Olafr's raven coin: old norse myth in circulation?(Olafr Gothfrithsson)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...raven. This 'bird of battle' is an aggressive symbol...the Humber, where, at Brunanburh, they finally encountered...their swords in battle at Brunanburh' (5) as the West Saxon poem The Battle of Brunanburh was to put it, with its...
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Britain's destiny decided on Wirral battleground; Victors changed British Isles' structure forever.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 1/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...biggest and bloodiest ever battle was staged on Merseyside...reveal tonight. The Battle of Brunanburh actually took place...of the most important battles of British history...was called The Great Battle when it is first broadcast...South. They clashed at Brunanburh which most ...
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Letter: Birthplace of England.(Letters)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 12/24/2004; 413 words
; ...new arguments to prove that the battle of Brunanburh in AD937 in fact took place on...Brackenwood golf course in Wirral, Brunanburh perhaps being an old name for...Alfred the Great's son). This battle is often cited as the moment when...
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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...and Britons (or Welsh) of Strathclyde. The site of the battle is not known. The battle is celebrated in a poem in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Bibliography...
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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...been driven out of Northumbria by Athelstan). The site of the battle remains uncertain, though if the Dublin fleet did use the Humber...
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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-Saxon Chronicle under the year 937, dealing with the battle fought in that year at Brunanburh between the English under Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred...
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Anglo-Saxon literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...is contrasted with 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...
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...events. 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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