๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿญ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป

๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿญ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป

Aug 10, 2026

On 10th or 11th August 991 the battle of Maldon, Essex, was fought in which the Vikings defeated an army led by Earl Byrhtnoth, who was killed.

A contemporary 325 line Anglo-Saxon poem describes the battle. Here is the part in which Earl Byrhtnoth is killed:

For the whole poem see https://www.allabouthistory.co.uk/History/h7/Poem-of-the-Battle-of-Maldon

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