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The Battle of Assandun (or Essendune) was fought between Danish and English armies on 18 October 1016. There is disagreement whether Assandun may be Ashdon near Saffron Walden in north Essex or, as long supposed, Ashingdon near Rochford in southeast Essex, England. It ended in victory for the Danes, led by Canute the Great, who triumphed over the English army led by King Edmund Ironside. The battle was the conclusion to the Danish reconquest of England.
The battle is mentioned briefly in Knýtlinga saga which quotes a verse of skaldic poetry by Óttarr svarti, one of Canute's court poets.
During the course of the battle, Eadnoth the Younger, Bishop of Dorchester, was killed by Cnut's men whilst in the act of saying mass on behalf of Edmund Ironside's men. According to Liber Eliensis, Eadnoth's hand was first cut off for a ring, and then his body cut to pieces.
Following his defeat, Edmund was forced to sign a treaty with Canute. By this treaty, all of England except Wessex would be controlled by Canute and when one of the kings should die the other would take all of England, that king's son being the heir to the throne. After Edmund's death on 30 November, Canute built a church, chapel or holy site after winning the battle to commemorate the soldiers who died in battle. A few years later in 1020 the completion took place of the memorial church known as Ashingdon Minster, on the hill next to the presumed site of the battle in Ashingdon. The church still stands to this day. Canute attended the dedication of Ashingdon Minster with his bishops and appointed his personal priest, Stigand, to be priest there. The church is now dedicated to Saint Andrew but is believed previously to have been dedicated to Saint Michael, who was considered a military saint: churches dedicated to him are frequently located on a hill.
Generally, a battle is a combat in warfare between two or more parties.
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Ashingdon, Essex UK 25th June 2016, 10 minute film, 5 parts: Viking camp, Preparation for Battle, the Battle itself, Demonstration of skills and weapons, Visitors to the event and various stalls.
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This year will be the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Ashingdon, a lesser known but ultimately important piece of local and English . history. The site at which this church was built was once the site of a great battle between King Edmund Ironside of the English, and the Danish King Canute. For more information please visit my blog piece for this here: http://binxieblawg.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/1000th-anniversary-of-battle-of.html
Ermm, well its my old team, I had to play on goal...it sucked we lost, this save hurt but foot but I like it when people sing my name :)
A modern English translation of the heroic Anglo-Saxon poem. From The Earliest English Poems Penguin books 1966 Translated by Michael Alexander Read by Gary Watson. Recorded from an old OU vinyl LP. Here is the last 20 lines of the poem in the original Old English https://youtu.be/j_rs5OGbSws ******* poet, heroic, poem, Anglo-Saxon poetry reading, recital, recitation, Spoken Word, English Translation, Open University. literature
This is the first ever material I made for my dark ambient project. The demo EP is called Warfare of the Dark Age. The genre is dark ambient, with also some drone and industrial. I also use medieval imagery. This particular EP is about the battle of Assandun, England, in 1016; the Danes triumphed over the English there. Tracklist: 01 - Disembark to March (0:00 - 2:46) 02 - Assandun, 1016 (2:46 - 7:52) 03 - Aftermath of War; Rotting Corpses (7:52 - 15:00) Also check out my bandcamp page: crypticdungeon.bandcamp.com
Ashingdon, Essex UK 25th June 2016, 10 minute film, 5 parts: Viking camp, Preparation for Battle, the Battle itself, Demonstration of skills and weapons, Visitors to the event and various stalls.
Battle of Assandun =======Image-Copyright-Info======== License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 (CC BY-SA 2.0) LicenseLink: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 Author-Info: David Kemp Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ashingdon_Hilltop.jpg =======Image-Copyright-Info======== ☆Video is targeted to blind users Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA image source in video
This year will be the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Ashingdon, a lesser known but ultimately important piece of local and English . history. The site at which this church was built was once the site of a great battle between King Edmund Ironside of the English, and the Danish King Canute. For more information please visit my blog piece for this here: http://binxieblawg.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/1000th-anniversary-of-battle-of.html
Ermm, well its my old team, I had to play on goal...it sucked we lost, this save hurt but foot but I like it when people sing my name :)
A modern English translation of the heroic Anglo-Saxon poem. From The Earliest English Poems Penguin books 1966 Translated by Michael Alexander Read by Gary Watson. Recorded from an old OU vinyl LP. Here is the last 20 lines of the poem in the original Old English https://youtu.be/j_rs5OGbSws ******* poet, heroic, poem, Anglo-Saxon poetry reading, recital, recitation, Spoken Word, English Translation, Open University. literature
This is the first ever material I made for my dark ambient project. The demo EP is called Warfare of the Dark Age. The genre is dark ambient, with also some drone and industrial. I also use medieval imagery. This particular EP is about the battle of Assandun, England, in 1016; the Danes triumphed over the English there. Tracklist: 01 - Disembark to March (0:00 - 2:46) 02 - Assandun, 1016 (2:46 - 7:52) 03 - Aftermath of War; Rotting Corpses (7:52 - 15:00) Also check out my bandcamp page: crypticdungeon.bandcamp.com