![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
![]() |
The Battle of Maldon (10th August 991) and the Beginning of the End of Anglo-Saxon Englandwith Dr Sam Newtonat the Old Court, Sutton Hoo (map)
|
10.00 | Coffee on arrival | ||
10.15 | England and Denmark in the late 10th Century | ||
11.15 | Coffee | ||
11.45 | The Opening of the Battle | ||
12.45 | Lunch break | ||
14:00 | The Last Stand of General Byrhtnoth & his men | ||
15:00 | Tea break | ||
15:15 | The Aftermath | ||
16:20 | Close |
Sam Newton was awarded his Ph.D. in 1991 and is the author of The Origins of Beowulf and the pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia (1993) and The Reckoning of King Rædwald (2003). He has lectured widely around the country as an independent scholar and has contributed to many radio and television programmes. He is also a Director of Wuffing Education, NADFAS lecturer, and Time Team historian.
Alexander, M., The First Poems in English (Penguin Classics 2008).
Backhouse, J. (ed.), The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art (British Museum 1984).
Bengtsson, Frans G., The Long Ships, trans. M.Meyer (London 1954, 1956).
Cooper, J., The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact (Hambledon 1993).
Gordon, E.V., The Battle of Maldon (London, 1968).
Hart, C., The Danelaw (Hambledon 1992), pp.533-551.
Jones, G., A History of the Vikings (2nd ed., Oxford 1984).
Magnusson, Magnus, The Vikings (rev.ed. Tempus 2000).
Mitchell, B., & F.Robinson (eds), A Guide to Old English (Blackwell 1986, etc.).
Scragg, D. (ed.), The Battle of Maldon AD991 (Blackwell 1991).
Scragg, D., The Return of the Vikings: The Battle of Maldon 991 (Tempus 2006).
Swanton, M. (ed.), The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Dent 1996; Phoenix 2000).
Tolkien, J.R.R., “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son” Tree and Leaf (Harper Collins 2001), pp. 121-150.
Please phone or email to check the availability of places. Study Days are £38 per person, which includes a full day of lectures, access to the NT site, parking, coffee and tea throughout the day, and access to the NT exhibition. Once you have reserved your place please send payment to confirm the booking. For your first booking please complete the application form to ensure that we have recorded your contact details correctly.
Wuffing Education,
4 Hilly Fields,
Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4DX
tel : 01394 386498
Email cliff AT wuffingeducation.co.uk
(replace 'AT' by '@' in order to send email - we used 'AT' to avoid spam robots automatically sending us emails)
Website www.wuffingeducation.co.uk
Return to list of current Study Days
![]() |
Top
|
Website by
|