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Название книги: The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
Автор(ы): John Ronald Ruel Tolkien
Жанр: Драматургия
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Homecoming-of-Beorhtnoth-Beorhthelm_s-Son-192179.html
I. Beorhtnoth’s Death
In August of the year 991, in the reign of Æthelred II, a battle was fought near Maldon in Essex. On the one side was the defence-force of Essex, on the other a viking host that had ravaged Ipswich. The English were commanded by Beorhtnoth son of Beorhthelm, the duke of Essex, a man renowned in his day: powerful, fearless, proud. He was now old and hoar, but vigorous and valiant, and his white head towered high above other men, for he was exceedingly tall[1] , The "Danes"—they were on this occasion probably for the most part Norwegians—were, according to one version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, led by Anlaf, famous in Norse saga and history as Olaf Tryggvason, later to become King of Norway. [2] The Northmen had sailed up the estuary of the Pante, now called the Blackwater, and encamped on Northey Island. The Northmen and the English were thus separated by an arm of the river; tilled by the incoming tide, it could
Название книги: The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
Автор(ы): John Ronald Ruel Tolkien
Жанр: Драматургия
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Homecoming-of-Beorhtnoth-Beorhthelm_s-Son-192179.html
I. Beorhtnoth’s Death
In August of the year 991, in the reign of Æthelred II, a battle was fought near Maldon in Essex. On the one side was the defence-force of Essex, on the other a viking host that had ravaged Ipswich. The English were commanded by Beorhtnoth son of Beorhthelm, the duke of Essex, a man renowned in his day: powerful, fearless, proud. He was now old and hoar, but vigorous and valiant, and his white head towered high above other men, for he was exceedingly tall[1] , The "Danes"—they were on this occasion probably for the most part Norwegians—were, according to one version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, led by Anlaf, famous in Norse saga and history as Olaf Tryggvason, later to become King of Norway. [2] The Northmen had sailed up the estuary of the Pante, now called the Blackwater, and encamped on Northey Island. The Northmen and the English were thus separated by an arm of the river; tilled by the incoming tide, it could
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