Writing Battles

Rory Naismith is Lecturer in Medieval British History at King's College London, UK. He is the author of Citadel of the Saxons (I.B. Tauris, 2018).Máire Ní Mhaonaigh is Professor in Celtic and Medieval Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK.Elizabeth Ashman Rowe is Reader in Scandinavian History at the University of Cambridge, UK.

• List of IllustrationsList of MapsPrologue, Brendan Simms (University of Cambridge, UK)1. Introduction, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge, UK), Rory Naismith (King's College London, UK) and Elizabeth Ashman Rowe (University of Cambridge, UK)2. Battle Names in the Middle Ages, Robert Bartlett (University of St Andrews, UK)3. Battle-writing and Commemoration: the Transition from Violence to Peace, Jenny Benham (Cardiff University, UK) 4. 'Undying Glory by the Sword's Edge': Writing and Remembering Battle in Anglo-Saxon England, Matthew Strickland (University of Glasgow, UK)5. Fortress London: War and Peace in an Anglo-Saxon City, Rory Naismith (King's College London, UK)6. 'Trembling Sods'?: Rhetoric and Reality in Battle-Narratives from Medieval Ireland and Britain, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge, UK)7. 'Sword-Age, Axe-Age': Writing Battles in Viking Age and Medieval Scandinavia, Elizabeth Ashman Rowe (University of Cambridge, UK)8. Which 'Pagans'? The Influence of the Crusades on battle-Narratives in Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia, Natalia Petrovskaia (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)9. The Battle of Bannockburn 1314, Tony Pollard (University of Glasgow, UK)10. A Troubled Memory: Battles of the First World War, Robert Tombs (University of Cambridge, UK)AppendixBibliographyIndex

This imaginative collection of essays reappraises the place of medieval battles in British, Irish and Scandinavian historical and literary traditions. It will be sure to find a place on the reading lists of students and scholars in Medieval Studies and War Studies alike.