"The Battle of Brunanburh in 937 " Topic
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Tango01 | 24 Oct 2016 1:04 p.m. PST |
"The Battle of Brunanburh in 937 is largely unknown today, but it is a battle that deserves to be remembered. For it was the largest and bloodiest battle fought in Anglo-Saxon England prior to Hastings (and likely surpassing that later battle in the numbers of combatants involved). It left its victor, King Athelstan of Wessex the first Anglo-Saxon ruler to be called "King of England". Athelstan was the son and heir of Edward the Elder, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Upon his father's death in 924, Athelstan was acclaimed first King of Mercia (central England); and then King of Wessex (the dominant Saxon kingdom, encompassing all the area south of the Thames) the following year. Continuing the ambitious, anti-Danish policies of his father and grandfather, in 927 Athelstan conquered York; which had been in Danish hands for 60 years, since captured by Ivar the Boneless and the "Great Heathen Army" in 867…" More here link Amicalement Armand |
piper909 | 24 Oct 2016 3:00 p.m. PST |
"Alfred the Great" (1969, UK) finally came out on DVD and I was watching it just last week. Nice little movie with good performances, despite the usual historical wackiness. Some big name actors in it, including the very young Gandalf. |
Tango01 | 25 Oct 2016 10:32 a.m. PST |
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