LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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The defeat of the English at the hands of the Vikings in 991
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The First Crusade in the 11th-century
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The Second Crusade in the 12th-century
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The Norman Conquest in 1066
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Maldon took place on 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against a Viking invasion. The battle ended in an Anglo-Saxon defeat.
Detailed explanation-2: -“The Battle of Maldon” is a story of guts and glory; patriot versus enemy. Byrhtnoth symbolizes the patriot, who would rather die than secede to the enemy, who are the Vikings, portrayed as villainous “slaughter-wolves” hell-bent on destruction.
Detailed explanation-3: -As recalled in the 325-line Anglo-Saxon poem ‘The Battle of Maldon’, a marauding army of Vikings were confronted by a force of East Saxons led by Ealdorman Brihtnoth (Byrhtnoth) in AD 991.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 5th-century Saxon invaders were followed by the Danes, who won the Battle of Maldon in 991.