The Spoken History of a Global Language

Episode 52: Bloody Axes and a Battle Royal

November 07, 2014 56:14 40.6 MB Downloads: 0
In the mid-900s, the English king battled a grand alliance of Celtic and Viking leaders at a place called Brunanburh.  The result was an Anglo-Saxon victory, and one of the more important poems composed during the Old English period. But … Continue reading