Definitions for battle of maldon
bat·tle of mal·don

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1. Maldon, Battle of Maldonnoun

   a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem

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1. battle of maldon

   The Battle of Maldon was a significant event in the history of England that took place on August 10, 991, near Maldon in Essex. It was a fight between the Anglo-Saxon forces under the command of Bryhtnoth, the ealdorman of Essex, and a Viking invasion army. The conflict ended in victory for the Vikings and the death of Bryhtnoth. The battle is particularly remembered due to a famous Old English poem that describes it, "The Battle of Maldon". This event marks a pivotal point in English history, leading eventually to the payment of Danegeld, a large tribute to the Vikings, by the English.

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1. Battle of Maldon

   The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 August 991 near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Aethelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against a Viking invasion. The battle ended in an Anglo-Saxon defeat. After the battle Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury and the aldermen of the south-western provinces advised King Aethelred to buy off the Vikings rather than continue the armed struggle. The result was a payment of 10,000 Roman pounds of silver, the first example of Danegeld in England. An account of the battle, embellished with many speeches attributed to the warriors and with other details, is related in an Old English poem which is usually named The Battle of Maldon. A modern embroidery created for the millennium celebration in 1991 and, in part, depicting the battle can be seen at the Maeldune Centre in Maldon. One manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle said a Norwegian, Olaf Tryggvason, led the Viking forces, estimated to have been between 2,000 and 4,000 fighting men. A source from the 12th century, Liber Eliensis, written by the monks at Ely, suggests that Byrhtnoth had only a few men to command: "he was neither shaken by the small number of his men, nor fearful of the multitude of the enemy". Not all sources indicate such a disparity in numbers.

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