The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 or 11 August 991 AD [1] 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.

Battle of Maldon in 991 (Hutchinson’s Story of the British Nation, 1922) The Vikings fired arrows and then spears into the massed ranks of Saxons, before the two forces became locked in bloody hand to hand combat.

The Battle of Maldon, Old English heroic poem describing a historical skirmish between East Saxons and Viking (mainly Norwegian) raiders in 991. It is incomplete, its beginning and ending both lost.

Battle of Maldon, in English history, a conflict fought in 991 between Saxons and victorious Viking raiders. The battle was commemorated in an Old English heroic poem, which described the war parties aligned on either side of a stream in Essex.

"The Battle of Maldon" is the name given to an Old English poem of uncertain date celebrating the real Battle of Maldon of 991, at which an Anglo-Saxon army failed to repulse a Viking raid. Only 325 lines of the poem are extant; both the beginning and the ending are lost.

The Battle of Maldon (991AD) took place on the shores of the River Blackwater in Essex. There was a heroic stand by the Anglo-Saxons against the Viking invasion which ended in utter defeat for Brithnoth and his men.

Name: Battle of Maldon. Date: 10 (possibly 11) August 991. War period: Britons, Saxons, and Viking. Start time and duration: uncertain. Outcome: Viking victory; death of Byrhtnoth. Armies and losses: Vikings under Olaf Tryggvason or Danish king Svein Forkbeard; East Saxons under Ealdorman Byrhtnoth, with perhaps 3-6,000 men on each side. Losses ...

2018年3月8日 · The Battle of Maldon was fought in 991 during the Viking invasions of Britain. Sailing up the River Blackwater, Viking forces attacked the Saxons near Maldon. In the fighting at the Battle of Maldon, Ealdorman Brihtnoth was killed leading to a Viking victory.

The iconic battle of Maldon, fought in 991 AD, saw the forces of Earl Byrhtnoth face off against a Viking raiding party. The Vikings, seasoned warriors experienced in hand-to-hand combat , employed their knowledge of pankration, a Greek martial art that emphasized grappling and submission holds.

The Battle of Maldon was one of the most significant conflicts between the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons. It took place in the year 991 AD in Essex, England, and is remembered as a fierce encounter that saw the Anglo-Saxons ultimately defeated.