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Line 1: {{work}}{{Infobox book \| title = The Battle of Maldon {{quote\| ''Thought must be the harder, heart the keener''<br />▼ \| original title = ''Spirit shall be more - as our might lessens.''<br />▼ \| image = ''There lies our chief all cut down,''<br />▼ \| caption = ''Good man on the ground; for ever may he grieve''<br />▼ \| central theme = ''Who now from this war-play thinketh to go.''<br />▼ \| elevator pitch = A remembrance of the men who died at the Battle of Maldon, fought on August 11, 991. ''I am old in years - hence I will not,''<br />▼ \| genre = ''But by the side of mine own lord,''<br />▼ \| publication date = some time between 991 and 1066 \| source page exists = }} ▲{{quote\| ''Thought must be the harder, heart the keener''~~<br />~~ ▲''Spirit shall be more - as our might lessens.''~~<br />~~ ▲''There lies our chief all cut down,''~~<br />~~ ▲''Good man on the ground; for ever may he grieve''~~<br />~~ ▲''Who now from this war-play thinketh to go.''~~<br />~~ ▲''I am old in years - hence I will not,''~~<br />~~ ▲''But by the side of mine own lord,''~~<br />~~ ''By my chief so loved, I think to lie."'' }} ''[[The Battle of Maldon]]'' is a poem about a battle between [[Anglo -Saxons]] and an army of vikings that took place in Essex, England, in 991 AD. The English were outnumbered, but held a [[Sand Bridge At Low Tide\|narrow causeway]] through which the Vikings had to pass. The Vikings asked that the English withdraw so they could fight on open ground, and the English obliged. There is some debate over whether Byrhtnoth did this solely out of pride and a desire for glory, or if he knew that the Vikings would just sail away and pillage somewhere else if he didn't let them fight on more favorable terms. Either way, the end result is that Byrhtnoth (and most of the rest of his men) died. Either the text is incomplete or the poem begins ''in media res''. What has survived (and it very nearly didn't - the last known manuscript in the early-18th century was copied by hand less than a decade before the older manuscript was destroyed in a fire) is [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bright%27s_Anglo-Saxon_Reader/The_Battle_of_Maldon available at Wikisource]. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== Contains Examples Of: ===~~ * [[Badass Boast]]: Byrhtnoth gets a rather nice one in response to the Viking demand for tribute. Also, Leofsunu's speech: "I vow it, that hence I will not flee a foot's length, but will advance, avenge in strife my lord-friend." * [[Battle Epic]] Line 28 ⟶ 41: {{reflist}} [[Category:Poetry]] [[Category:~~Classic~~ Literature of the 11th century]] [[Category:The Battle of Maldon]] [[Category:Literature]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Battle of Maldon, The}}