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== Battle of Brunanburh == | == Battle of Brunanburh == | ||
In 937AD, the bloody battle of Brunanburh in which five kings and a large number of warriors were slaughtered, celebrates the victory over a Norse-Scot coalition, led by Viking Olaf (Anlaf) and Scottish King Constantine II. | In 937AD, the bloody battle of Brunanburh in which five kings and a large number of warriors were slaughtered, celebrates the victory over a Norse-Scot coalition, led by Viking [[Olaf]] (Anlaf) and Scottish King Constantine II. The battle was led by [[King Athelstan]] and his brother, Prince Edmund, who were both Anglo-Saxon. The bloody battle lasted from sun up to sundown. At the end of this battle, [[King Athelstan]] and Prince Edward headed for home, leaving behind them the corpses of their enemy to be feasted upon by animals and England was established as an Anglo-Saxon nation. |
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