Medievalists.net » The Battle of Maldon http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Hostages in Old English Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/02/hostages-in-old-english-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/02/hostages-in-old-english-literature/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2015 01:57:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60169 Hostages in Old English Literature examines the various roles that hostages have played in Anglo-Saxon texts, specifically focusing on the characterization of Æscferth in The Battle of Maldon.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/02/hostages-in-old-english-literature/feed/ 0 Oaths in The Battle of Maldon http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/16/oaths-in-the-battle-of-maldon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/16/oaths-in-the-battle-of-maldon/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:29:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43633 In the world of Maldon, bravery and keen hearts are not so much an affect of choice as they are a manifestation of interior disposition, of who one is born to be. Deeds reveal the man, who in turn is defined by his status and family.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/16/oaths-in-the-battle-of-maldon/feed/ 0 The Battle of Maldon: The Lego Version http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/31/the-battle-of-maldon-the-lego-version/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/31/the-battle-of-maldon-the-lego-version/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:56:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38453 Director and narrated by David Waugh of DTG Productions, it retells The Battle of Maldon, an Anglo-Saxon poem that describes a battle that took place on 10 August 991

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/31/the-battle-of-maldon-the-lego-version/feed/ 0 Tolkien’s Heroic Criticism: A Developing Application of Anglo-Saxon Ofermod to the Monsters of Modernity http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/tolkiens-heroic-criticism-a-developing-application-of-anglo-saxon-ofermod-to-the-monsters-of-modernity/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/tolkiens-heroic-criticism-a-developing-application-of-anglo-saxon-ofermod-to-the-monsters-of-modernity/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:11:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37957 The structure of this study follows the development of Tolkien’s social criticism and heroic aesthetic. The study begins by looking at some biographical elements of Tolkien’s life and how those elements shaped the creation of Tolkien’s anti-hero, the Hobbit.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/12/tolkiens-heroic-criticism-a-developing-application-of-anglo-saxon-ofermod-to-the-monsters-of-modernity/feed/ 0 A Single Leaf: Tolkien’s Visual Art and Fantasy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/10/a-single-leaf-tolkiens-visual-art-and-fantasy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/10/a-single-leaf-tolkiens-visual-art-and-fantasy/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:55:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37915 With such a model in mind, then, we have entered into a discussion of art, myth‐making, and the Primary World from a combined academic and artistic perspective.

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