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Author:   Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge, UK) ,  Rory Naismith (University of Cambridge, UK) ,  Elizabeth Ashman Rowe (University of Cambridge, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9781350253162

ISBN 10:   1350253162
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 December 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Maps Prologue, Brendan Simms (University of Cambridge, UK) 1. Introduction, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge, UK), Rory Naismith (King's College London, UK) and Elizabeth Ashman Rowe (University of Cambridge, UK) 2. Battle Names in the Middle Ages, Robert Bartlett (University of St Andrews, UK) 3. Battle-writing and Commemoration: the Transition from Violence to Peace, Jenny Benham (Cardiff University, UK) 4. 'Undying Glory by the Sword's Edge': Writing and Remembering Battle in Anglo-Saxon England, Matthew Strickland (University of Glasgow, UK) 5. Fortress London: War and Peace in an Anglo-Saxon City, Rory Naismith (King's College London, UK) 6. 'Trembling Sods'?: Rhetoric and Reality in Battle-Narratives from Medieval Ireland and Britain, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge, UK) 7. 'Sword-Age, Axe-Age': Writing Battles in Viking Age and Medieval Scandinavia, Elizabeth Ashman Rowe (University of Cambridge, UK) 8. Which 'Pagans'? The Influence of the Crusades on battle-Narratives in Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia, Natalia Petrovskaia (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) 9. The Battle of Bannockburn 1314, Tony Pollard (University of Glasgow, UK) 10. A Troubled Memory: Battles of the First World War, Robert Tombs (University of Cambridge, UK) Appendix Bibliography Index

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This imaginative collection of essays reappraises the place of medieval battles in British, Irish and Scandinavian historical and literary traditions. It will be sure to find a place on the reading lists of students and scholars in Medieval Studies and War Studies alike. * Julia Smith, Chichele Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford, UK * This wide-ranging volume of essays is an outstanding contribution to the cultural, political, and social military history of the Middle Ages. Although the focus is on how medieval battles were understood and commemorated as key cultural and political markers in the British Isles and Scandinavia, the essays range much further, demonstrating how warfare was critical in the making of London, the complex relationship between war and peace, and the continuities and discontinuities between medieval and modern understanding of the meaning of battle. Those who dismiss military history as mere battlefield narratives will find this volume a revelation. * Richard Abels, Professor Emeritus of History, United States Naval Academy, USA *

Author Information

Rory Naismith is Lecturer in Medieval British History at King's College London, UK. He is the author of Citadel of the Saxons (I.B. Tauris, 2018). Máire Ní Mhaonaigh is Professor in Celtic and Medieval Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. Elizabeth Ashman Rowe is Reader in Scandinavian History at the University of Cambridge, UK.

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