The Battle of Brunanburh by Secret Archives of the Vatican
Channel: Secret Archives of the Vatican
Date: 25/02/2022

Films and TV shows like Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla, The Last Kingdom and The Northman have raised awareness of our pre-medieval history and mythology. This track is Dark Age drum and bass, primordial neofolk DnB.  This is amplified history.

The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, King of England, and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin; Constantine II, King of Scotland, and Owain, King of Strathclyde. The battle was one of the most significant battles in the history of the British Isles.

The poem Battle of Brunanburh in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recounts that there were "never yet as many people killed before this with sword's edge ... since the east Angles and Saxons came up over the broad sea".

Æthelstan's victory preserved the unity of England. The historian Æthelweard wrote around 975 that: "the fields of Britain were consolidated into one, there was peace everywhere, and abundance of all things".


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