Battle of Brunanburh, date,site, description

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. 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.