tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post6495601631128753175..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: The Danish Conquest, Part 13: The Battle of AssandunClerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-31743101500905227612016-10-30T10:12:59.865+00:002016-10-30T10:12:59.865+00:00Is it not odd that things were in some ways much d...Is it not odd that things were in some ways much darker in 877/878 for England at the hands of the Danes than in 1016 for Ironside, but Alfred stil overcometh? Or was it not that the men of Devon had luckily took "se guðfana ... þe hie hræfn heton" before the showdown at "Eðandune" and in Ironside's days there was no such luck. Might not the name Assandun have been givenTruefast ᛗhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12568657031469678661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-15333931955384619312016-10-18T14:35:56.721+01:002016-10-18T14:35:56.721+01:00Thanks for this history. I believe Cnut received a...Thanks for this history. I believe Cnut received all of one line in the English history textbook I studied in college. And that line, of course, involved the silly story about waves. sophy0075https://www.blogger.com/profile/03313315186411760221noreply@blogger.com