TY  - BOOK
AU  - Livingston,Michael
TI  - Never greater slaughter: Brunanburh and the birth of England 
SN  - 9781472849373
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Osprey Publishing
KW  - Brunanburh, Battle of, 937
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Athelstan, 925-940
N1  - Foreword information taken from cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: a field of death, 937 -- The birth of England, to 865 -- The Vikings arrive, 837-66 -- Alfred and the Viking conquest, 866-99 -- The gathering storm, 900-24 -- The rise of Asthelstan, 1924-34 -- The great alliance, 937-37 -- Reconstructuring battles -- The search for Brunanburh -- The ships and the saga -- The day England came of age, 937 -- Wirral archaeology -- England, come of age
N2  - "Late in AD 937, four armies met in a place called Brunanburh. On one side stood the shield-wall of the expanding kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons. On the other side stood a remarkable alliance of rival kings - at least two from across the sea - who'd come together to destroy them once and for all. The stakes were no less than the survival of the dream that would become England. The armies were massive. The violence, when it began, was enough to shock a violent age. Brunanburh may not today have the fame of Hastings, Crécy or Agincourt, but those later battles, fought for England, would not exist were it not for the blood spilled this day. Generations later it was still called, quite simply, the 'great battle'. But for centuries, its location has been lost. Today, an extraordinary effort, uniting enthusiasts, historians, archaeologists, linguists, and other researchers - amateurs and professionals, experienced and inexperienced alike - may well have found the site of the long-lost battle of Brunanburh, over a thousand years after its bloodied fields witnessed history. This groundbreaking new book tells the story of this remarkable discovery and delves into why and how the battle happened. Most importantly, though, it is about the men who fought and died at Brunanburh, and how much this forgotten struggle can tell us about who we are and how we relate to our past."--Amazon.com
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