This casebook fills a major gap in our cultural knowledge of the Middle Ages. It gathers together for the first time the key historical and literary primary sources for the study of the Battle of Brunanburh (AD 937); a key moment in the history of the British Isles. Produced by an international team of experts, the volume offers the sources in their language of origin - Old English, Old Norse, Welsh, Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman, Middle English, Early Modern English - with facing-page translations and explanatory notes. Many of the sources are translated here for the first time.In addition, the volume includes a substantial introduction from Michael Livingston and ten wide-ranging essays that provide cultural contexts and lay to rest many of the most controversial questions about the conflict - including the key matter of where the battle likely took place, identified here . The essays show the lasting significance of this nation-defining battle - both in terms of history and in terms of its impact across more than a thousand years of literature.
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'The concept of bringing together all available written materials relating to a single significant event in early English history, together with commentary by a range of experts, is extremely worthwhile.' --Donald Scragg, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester
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Michael Livingston is Assistant Professor of English at The Military College of South Carolina and author of scholarly editions of 'Siege of Jerusalem' (2004), 'In Praise of Peace' (2005), and 'The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase' of the Old Testament (2011).
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Lots of research and information.
Definately a casebook as it dwells on just one of the many sites that could have been the battlesite.
I did not like how little regard was given to the other possible sites.
I was hoping to see a balanced view.
Unfortunately, it is a biased view that seems well wide of the mark with lots of contrary evidence overlooked or just ignored.
Still, it will all go towards completing the jigsaw.
Definately a casebook as it dwells on just one of the many sites that could have been the battlesite.
I did not like how little regard was given to the other possible sites.
I was hoping to see a balanced view.
Unfortunately, it is a biased view that seems well wide of the mark with lots of contrary evidence overlooked or just ignored.
Still, it will all go towards completing the jigsaw.
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This is in my opinion the most usfull book on the Battle to be published since Cockburns 1931. It presents most of the cases advanced for the location of the Battle of B.
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