2013/07/13 by Michael Wood · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Medieval Literature and History #Battle #Context (archaeology) #History #Quarter (Canadian coin) #Ancient history #Spanish Civil War #Archaeology #Geography
paper · doi:10.1179/0084427613z.00000000021
openalex publication_date 2013/07/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The site of the Battle of Brunanburh has long been controversial, but a consensus has grown over the last few years that it should be located in the Wirral. This article sets out to show that the events of the war of 937 must be understood in the context of Northumbrian history in the Viking age, and that the battle probably took place south of York in the main war zone of the second quarter of the tenth century. A new location is proposed near the River Went, whose name it is suggested is contained in an alternative Northumbrian name for the battle, Wendun.