Battle of Maldon

The Battle of Maldon was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 programme, The Poetry of History, broadcast on Sunday 25 November.

The Poetry of History: Battle of Maldon Carla 2007

The Battle of Maldon was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 programme, The Poetry of History, broadcast on Sunday 25 November.

Archive 2007-11-01 Carla 2007

Archery is mentioned in the Battle of Maldon, and was certainly known among the Danes, so presumably the Britons and English used bows as well.

Chester in the seventh century: surviving infrastructure Carla 2009

Betrayals and the nameless losses of war reanimate the last days of Arthur and the English at the Battle of Maldon, when the Vikings vanquished them and for a time, their way of life.

The WritingYA Weblog: A Winter's Read tanita davis 2008

Betrayals and the nameless losses of war reanimate the last days of Arthur and the English at the Battle of Maldon, when the Vikings vanquished them and for a time, their way of life.

Archive 2008-10-01 a. fortis 2008

So speaks the old warrior Byrhtwold, resolving to fight and die beside his dead lord Byrhtnoth, at the Battle of Maldon in 991.

Archive 2007-11-01 Carla 2007

So speaks the old warrior Byrhtwold, resolving to fight and die beside his dead lord Byrhtnoth, at the Battle of Maldon in 991.

The Poetry of History: Battle of Maldon Carla 2007

If you can't get it to work, you'll be pleased to hear that the Battle of Maldon programme is repeated on Radio 4 on Saturday 1 Dec at 11.30 PM.

The Poetry of History: Battle of Maldon Carla 2007

He is of course writing with any army of allies behind him, from the anonymous makers of the sagas and Beowulf and the Battle of Maldon to Macaulay and William Morris.

Does Frodo Live? Smith, Janet Adam 1972

When Frodo's strength ebbs under the Barrow-wight and he thinks he has come to the terrible end of his adventure, "the thought hardened him," like the warrior at the Battle of Maldon whose word when the shieldwall broke was

Does Frodo Live? Smith, Janet Adam 1972