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008 190514s2017 enka g b 001 0 eng d
020 $a9781472818324 (pbk.) :$cNT$700
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 4$aDA158$b.W56 2017
082 04$a942.01$222
100 1 $aWilliams, Gareth,$d1969-$eauthor.
245 10$aViking warrior versus Anglo-Saxon warrior :$bEngland 865- 1066 /$cGareth Williams ; illustrator, Peter Dennis.
260 $aOxford :$bOsprey Publishing,$c2017.
300 $a80 p. :$bill. (chiefly color), color maps ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aCombat.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 77-79) and index.
520 $aBRITISH & IRISH HISTORY. In the two centuries before the Norman invasion of England, Anglo-Saxon and Viking forces clashed repeatedly in bloody battles across the country. Repeated Viking victories in the 9th century led to their settlement in the north of the country, but the tide of war ebbed and flowed until the final Anglo-Saxon victory before the Norman Conquest. Using stunning artwork, this book examines in detail three battles between the two deadly foes: Ashdown in 871 which involved the future Alfred the Great; Maldon in 991 where an Anglo-Saxon army sought to counter a renewed Viking threat; and Stamford Bridge in 1066, in which King Harold Godwinesson abandoned his preparations to repel the expected Norman invasion in order to fight off Harald Hard-Counsel of Norway.
650 0$aVikings$zEngland$xHistory.
650 0$aAnglo-Saxons$zEngland$xHistory.
651 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory$yAnglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
700 1 $aDennis, Peter,$d1950-$eillustrator.
830 0$aCombat.