Anglo-Saxon Warfare
(including early Irish military history)
Sources
Annales Cambriae (The Annals of Wales) - added August 9, 2002
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation - added August 20, 2002
The Life of King Alfred - added August 20, 2002
Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great, by Asser - added September 15, 2002 (PDF)
Battle of Brunanburh - added August 20, 2002
Anglo Saxon Chronicle, translated by James Ingram and J.A. Giles - from The History Net - added June 3, 2002
Knut's Invasion of England in 1015-16, according to the Knytlinga Saga - added July 26, 2002
Articles
Abels, Richard, English Logistics and military administration, 871-1066: The Impact of the Viking Wars - from Military aspects of Scandinavian society in a European perspective, AD 1-1300 - added July 14, 2002
Hamilton, Bob, Castles
and the Children of Alfred
Kirby, I.J., In Defence of Byrthnoth - from Florilegium v.11 (1992) - added March 28, 2002 - (PDF file)
Lawson, M.K., Observations upon a Scene in the Bayeux Tapestry, the Battle of Hastings and the Military System of the Late Anglo-Saxon State - from The Medieval State: Essays Presented to James Campbell (2000) - added January 1, 2003
Malcor, Linda, Lucius Artorius Castus, Part 1: An Officer and an Equestrian and Lucius Artorius Castus, Part 2: The Battles of Britain - both articles are from The Heroic Age, issues 1 and 2 (1999) - added January 20, 2002
Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, The Vikings in Scotland and Ireland in the Ninth Century - from Chronicon: An Electronic History Journal v. 2 (1998) - added April 11, 2002
Book Reviews
The Anglo-Saxon Warrior Ethic: Reconstructing Lordship in Early English Literature, by John M. Hill - reviewed by Bernard Bachrach
Alfred The Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England, by Richard Abels - reviewed by Bruce O'Brien
Alfred: Warrior King, by John Peddie - reviewed by Gernot Wieland
Swords
of the Viking Age
External Web Sites
http://www.angelcynn.org.uk/warfare.html - Angelcynn Anglo-Saxon Warfare
http://www.winwaed.com/history/winwaed/winwaed.html - Battle of Winwaed, 655 - provides some primary sources on the Anglo-Saxon battle.
http://www.regia.org/listings.htm - Regia Anglorum - website's list of articles
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