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Online Articles and Further Reading: "The Battle of Maldon"

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Beowulf, Byrhtnoth, and the Judgment of God: Trial by Combat in Anglo-Saxon England'
Bloomfield, M. W.
Speculum 44.4 (Oct., 1969), pp. 545-559.

The Battle of Maldon: A Heroic Poem
Clark, G.
Speculum 43.1 (Jan., 1968), pp. 52-71.

The Hero of Maldon: Vir Pius et Strenuus
Clark, G.
Speculum 54.2 (Apr, 1979), pp. 257-282.

'The Five-Hide Unit and the Old English Military Obligation'
Hollister, C. W.
Speculum 36.1 (Jan., 1961), pp. 61-74.

Geology and "The Battle of Maldon"
Petty, G. R.
Speculum 51.3. (Jul., 1976), pp. 435-446.

The Battle of Maldon
Sims, W. R
Modern Language Notes 7.5 (May, 1892), pp. 138-143.

Three Notes on Old English Texts
Suddaby, E.
Modern Language Notes 69.7 (Nov., 1954), pp. 465-468

The Personal Names in The Battle of Maldon
Woolf, H. B.
Modern Language Notes
, 53.2 (Feb., 1938), pp. 109-112.

 

Other Online Articles ordered from Heron

Flyting in 'The Battle of Maldon'
Anderson, E. R.
Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 71:2 (1970).

Getting to Know the General in 'The Battle of Maldon'
North, R.M
Medium Aevum 60 (1991) pp. 1-15

God, death and loyalty in The Battle of Maldon
Robinson, Fred C.
The tomb of Beowulf: and other essays on Old English, Robinson, Fred C., pp.105-121. Blackwell Publishers Ltd, (1993).

Some Aspects of the Maldon poet's artistry
Robinson, F. C.
The tomb of Beowulf: and other essays on Old English, Robinson, Fred C., pp.122-137. Blackwell Publishers Ltd (1993).

The ideal of men dying with their lord in the Germania and in 'The battle of Maldon'
Woolf, R.
ASE 5 (1976), pp. 63-81.

 

Further Reading

Most of these texts are available in Bodleian, in some cases the English faculty library, or via Inter-Library Loan.  To find out their location and availability search online with Oxford University's Online Catalogue (OLIS).

Andersen, H. E. 'The Battle of Maldon': the meaning, dating & historicity of an Old English poem (Copenhagen, 1991).

Anderson, E. R. 'The Battle of Maldon: A Reappraisal of Possible Sources, Date and theme' in P. R. Brown (ed.) Modes of Interpretation in Old English Literature (Toronto, 1986), pp. 247-72.

Ball, C. 'Byrhtnoth's Weapons and The 'Battle of Maldon'' Notes and Queries 36 (1989) pp. 8-9

Blake, N. F. 'The Battle of Maldon' Neophilologus 49:4 (1965:okt.).

Blake, N. F. 'The Flyting in 'The Battle of Maldon' English Language Notes 13:4 (1976:June).

Blake, N. F. 'The genesis of 'The Battle of Maldon" ASE 7 (1978).

Breeze, A. 'Beowulf and 'The Battle of Maldon'', Trem Pace and Welsh Tremyn journey' Notes and Queries 40 (1993) pp. 9-10

Breeze, A. 'Sorrowful tribute in 'Armes prydein' and The 'Battle of Maldon'' Notes and Queries 47 (2000) pp. 11-14

Britton, G. C. 'The Characterization of the Vikings in The Battle of Maldon' Notes and Queries 12 (1965) pp. 85-87

Busse, W. G. ' 'The Battle of Maldon': A Historical, Heroic and Political Poem' Neophilologus 65:4 (1981:Oct.).

Cavill, P. 'Interpretation of the Battle of Maldon', lines 84-90 - A Review and Reassessment' Studia Neophilologica 67 (1995) pp. 149-164

Cavill, P. 'Maxims in 'The Battle of Maldon'' Neophilologus 82 (1998) pp. 631-44.

Clark, C. 'On Dating 'The Battle of Maldon': Certain Evidence Reviewed' Nottingham Medieval Studies 27 (1983).

Clark, G. 'The Battle in 'The Battle of Maldon' Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 69.3 (1968).

Cooper, J. (ed.) The Battle of Maldon : Fiction and Fact (London, 1993).

Dance, R. 'The 'Battle of Maldon', line 91, and the origins of call (Old English etymology)' Neuphiloiogische Mitteilungen 100 (1999), pp. 143-54.

Davis, CR 'Cultural historicity in The 'Battle of Maldon' Philological Quarterly 78 (1999), pp. 151-169.

Doane, A. N. 'Legend, History and Artifice in 'The Battle of Maldon" Viator 9 (1978).

Engberg, N. J. 'Mod-Maegen Balance in 'Elene', The 'Battle of Maldon' and the 'Wanderer' - Habitual Collocations in Old-English Poetry' Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 85:2 (1984) pp212-26.

Fletcher, A. J. 'Cald Waeter, Scir Waeter': a Note on Lines 91 and 98 of 'The Battle of Maldon' Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 85.4 (1984).

Gneuss, H. "The Battle of Maldon" 89: Byrhtnoth's "ofermod" Once Again' Studies in Philology 73.2 (1976:Apr.).

Griffith, M. 'Dialect and literary dialect in The 'Battle of Maldon'' Notes and Queries 45 (1998) pp. 272-273

Griffith, M. S. 'Alliterative Licence and the Rhetorical Use of Proper Names in The Battle of Maldon' Conference: Prosody and poetics in the early Middle Ages: essays in honour of C.B. Hieatt (1993).

Hale, D. G. 'Structure and Theme in The Battle of Maldon' Notes and Queries 15 (1968) pp. 242-43.

Harris, J. 'Stemnettan: Battle of Maldon, Line 122a' Philological Quarterly 55.1 (1976:Winter).

Hill, TD. 'The 'Liber Eliensis' ''historical selections'' and the Old English 'Battle of Maldon'' Journal of Englmanic Philology 96 (1997) pp. 1-12

Hillman, R. 'Defeat and Victory in The 'Battle of Maldon' - The Christian Resonances Reconsidered' English Studies in Canada 11 (2985) pp. 385-95.

Hough, C. 'Odda in The 'Battle of Maldon'' Notes and Queries 45 (1998) pp. 169-172

Hough, C. 'OE feolheard and OE irenheard: Two hapax legomena reconsidered (Old English literature, 'Battle of Maldon')' NEOPHILOLOGUS 84 (2000) pp. 127-136

Hough, C. 'The 'Battle of Maldon' line 33' Review of English Studies 49 (1998) pp. 322-26.

Hough, C. 'The 'Battle of Maldon' line-191b' Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews 13 (2000) pp. 3-8

Hough, C. 'The 'Battle of Maldon', line 212 (Old English poetry)' Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 100 (1999) pp. 345-50.

Hough, C. 'The 'Battle of Maldon', lines 20-21' Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 97 (1996) pp. 383-86.

Johnson, J. D. 'Byrhtnoth and the Battle of Maldon' Old English Newsletter 5.1 (1972:Feb.).

Laborde, E. D. 'The Site of the Battle of Maldon' English Historical Review 40 (1925).

Macrae-Gribson, D. 'How Historical is 'The Battle of Maldon'?' Medium aevum 39 (1970).

McKinnell, J. 'On the Date of 'The Battle of Maldon' Medium aevum 44 (1975).

Phillips, H. 'The order of words and patterns of opposition in the 'Battle of Maldon'' NEOPHILOLOGUS 81 (1997) pp. 117-128

Phillips, H. 'The Order of Words and Patterns of Opposition in The Battle of Maldon' Neophilologus 81.1 (1997) pp.117-28.

Pulsiano, P. ''Danish men's words are worse than murder'': Viking guile in The 'Battle of Maldon'' Journal of Englamanic Philology 96 (1997) pp. 13-25

Richards, M. P. 'The 'Battle of Maldon' In Its Manuscript Context' Mediaevalia-A Journal of Medieval Studies 7 (1984) pp. 79-89

Richman, G. 'Thucydides and the Battle of Maldon' Geardagum 20 (1999) pp. 111-24.

Robinson, F. C. 'God, death and loyalty in The Battle of Maldon' in Robinson (ed.) The Tomb of Beowulf and Other Essays on Old English (Blackwells 1993).

Robinson, F. C. 'Some Aspects of the Maldon poet's artistry' in Robinson (ed.) The Tomb of Beowulf and Other Essays on Old English (Blackwells 1993).

Rogers, HL. 'The 'Battle of Maldon', David Casley's Transcript' Notes And Queries 32 (1985) pp. 147-155

Russom, G. R. 'Artful Avoidance of the Useful Phrase in "Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon," and "Fates of the Apostles" Studies in Philology 75.4 (1978:Fall).

Scragg, D. The Battle of Maldon (MUP, 1981). Edition.

Scragg, D. The Battle of Maldon, AD 991 (Blackwells, 1991).

Sklar, E. S. "The Battle of Maldon' and the Popular Tradition: Some Rhymed Formulas' Philological Quarterly 54.2 (1975:Spring).

Swanton, M. J. ''The Battle of Maldon': A Literary Caveat' Journal of English and Germanic Philology 67:3 (1968:July).

Tolkien, J. R. R. Tree and leaf [and], Smith of Wootton Major [and], The homecoming of Bearhtnoth, Bearhthelm's son (Unwin, 1979).

Valentine, V. 'Offa's The 'Battle of Maldon'' Explicator 44 (1986) pp. 5-7