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- Ball, C., 'Byrhtnoth's Weapons and The Battle of Maldon', Notes and Queries n. s. 36 (1989), 8-9
- Blake, N. F., 'The Battle of Maldon', Neophilologus 49:4 (1965), 332-45.
- Bloomfield, M. W., 'Beowulf, Byrhtnoth, and the Judgment of God: Trial by Combat in Anglo-Saxon England', Speculum 44.4 (1969), 545-559.
- Breeze, A., 'Sorrowful tribute in Armes prydein and The Battle of Maldon', Notes and Queries n. s. 47 (2000), 11-14.
- Busse, W. G. and R. Holtei, 'The Battle of Maldon: A Historical, Heroic and Political Poem', Neophilologus 65:4 (1981), 185-97.
- Cavill, P., 'Maxims in The Battle of Maldon', Neophilologus 82 (1998), 631-44.
- Clark, C., 'On Dating The Battle of Maldon: Certain Evidence Reviewed', Nottingham Medieval Studies 27 (1983), 1-22.
- Clark, G., 'The Battle of Maldon: A Heroic Poem', Speculum 43.1 (1968), 52-71.
- ---,'The Hero of Maldon: Vir Pius et Strenuus', Speculum 54.2 (1979), 257-282.
- Doane, A. N., 'Legend, History and Artifice in The Battle of Maldon', Viator 9 (1978), 39-66.
- Gneuss, H.,'The Battle of Maldon 89: Byrhtnoth's ofermod Once Again', Studies in Philology 73.2 (1976), 117-37.
- Griffith, M., 'Dialect and literary dialect in The Battle of Maldon', Notes and Queries 45 (1998), 272-3.
- Hale, D. G., 'Structure and Theme in The Battle of Maldon' Notes and Queries 15 (1968), 242-3.
- Harris, J., 'Stemnettan: Battle of Maldon, Line 122a', Philological Quarterly 55.1 (1976), 113-7.
- Hollister, C. W.,'The Five-Hide Unit and the Old English Military Obligation', Speculum 36.1 (1961), 61-74.
- Hough, C., 'Odda in The Battle of Maldon', Notes and Queries 45 (1998), 169-172.
- ---, <'OE feolheard and OE irenheard: Two hapax legomena reconsidered', Neophilologus 84 (2000), 127-136.
- Laborde, E. D. 'The Site of the Battle of Maldon', English Historical Review 40 (1925), 161-73.
- Macrae-Gribson, O. D., 'How Historical is The Battle of Maldon?', Medium Aevum 39 (1970), 89-107.
- McKinnell, J., 'On the Date of The Battle of Maldon', Medium Aevum 44 (1975), 121-36.
- Petty, G. R., 'Geology and The Battle of Maldon', Speculum 51.3 (1976), 435-446.
- Phillips, H., 'The Order of Words and Patterns of Opposition in The Battle of Maldon', Neophilologus 81.1 (1997), 117-28.
- Rogers, H. L., 'The 'Battle of Maldon, David Casley's Transcript', Notes And Queries 32 (1985), 147-155.
- Russom, G. R., 'Artful Avoidance of the Useful Phrase in Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, and Fates of the Apostles', Studies in Philology 75.4 (1978), 371-90.
- Sims, W. R., 'The Battle of Maldon', Modern Language Notes 7.5 (1892), 138-143.
- Sklar, E. S., 'The Battle of Maldon and the Popular Tradition: Some Rhymed Formulas', Philological Quarterly 54.2 (1975), 409-18.
- Suddaby, E., 'Three Notes on Old English Texts', Modern Language Notes 69.7 (1954), 465-468.
- Valentine, V., 'Offa's The Battle of Maldon', Explicator 44 (1986), 5-7.
- Woolf, H. B., 'The Personal Names in The Battle of Maldon', Modern Language Notes, 53.2 (1938), 109-112.
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Further Reading
- Andersen, H. E., 'The Battle of Maldon': the meaning, dating and historicity of an Old English poem. Copenhagen, 1991.
- Anderson, E. R., 'The Battle of Maldon: A Reappraisal of Possible Sources, Date and theme' in Modes of Interpretation in Old English Literature ed. P. R. Brown. Toronto, 1986. 247-72.
- Blake, N. F., 'The Flyting in The Battle of Maldon', English Language Notes 13:4 (1976), 242-4.
- ---, 'The genesis of The Battle of Maldon, Anglo-Saxon England 7 (1978), 119-29.
- Breeze, A., 'Beowulf and The Battle of Maldon, Trem 'Pace' and Welsh Tremyn, 'journey'', Notes and Queries n. s. 40 (1993), 9-10.
- Britton, G. C., 'The Characterization of the Vikings in The Battle of Maldon', Notes and Queries n. s. 12 (1965), 85-87.
- Cavill, P., 'Interpretation of The Battle of Maldon, lines 84-90 - A Review and Reassessment', Studia Neophilologica 67 (1995), 149-164.
- Clark, G., 'The Battle in The Battle of Maldon', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 69.3 (1968), 374-9.
- Cooper, J., ed., The Battle of Maldon : Fiction and Fact . London, 1993.
- Damon, J. E., 'Sanctifying Anglo-Saxon Ealdormen: lay sainthood and the rise of the crusading ideal', in Via Crucis: essays on early medieval sources and ideas in memory of J. E. Cross ed. Thomas M. Hall. Morgantown, 2002. 185-209.
- Dance, R., 'The Battle of Maldon, line 91, and the origins of call', Neuphiloiogische Mitteilungen 100 (1999), 143-54.
- Davis, C. R., 'Cultural historicity in The Battle of Maldon', Philological Quarterly 78 (1999), 151-169.
- Engberg, N. J., 'Mod-Mægen, 'Balance' in Elene, The Battle of Maldon and The Wanderer - Habitual Collocations in Old English Poetry', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 85:2 (1984), 212-26.
- Fletcher, A. J., 'Cald Wæter, Scir Wæter: a Note on Lines 91 and 98 of The Battle of Maldon', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 85.4 (1984), 435-7.
- ---, 'Alliterative Licence and the Rhetorical Use of Proper Names in The Battle of Maldon', in Prosody and poetics in the early Middle Ages: essays in honour of C.B. Hieatt ed. M. J. Toswell. Toronto, 1993. 60-79.
- Hallbrooks, H., 'Byrhtnoth's Great-Hearted Mirth, or Praise and Blame in The Battle of Maldon', Philological Quarterly 82.3 (2004), 235-55.
- Hill, T. D., 'The Liber Eliensis 'historical selections' and the Old English Battle of Maldon', Journal of English and Germanic Philology 96 (1997), 1-12.
- Hillman, R., 'Defeat and Victory in The Battle of Maldon - The Christian Resonances Reconsidered', English Studies in Canada 11 (1985), 385-95.
- Hough, C., 'The Battle of Maldon, lines 20-21', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 97 (1996), 383-86.
- ---, 'The Battle of Maldon line 33', Review of English Studies 49 (1998), 322-26.
- ---, 'The 'Battle of Maldon, line 212', Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 100 (1999), 345-50.
- ---, 'The Battle of Maldon line 191b', ANQ 13 (2000), 3-8.
- Niles, J. D., 'Byrhtnoth's Laughter and the Poetics of Gesture', in Humour in Anglo-Saxon Literature ed. J. Wilcox. Cambridge, 2000. 11-32.
- Pulsiano, P., ''Danish men's words are worse than murder': Viking guile in The Battle of Maldon', Journal of English and Germanic Philology 96 (1997), 13-25.
- Richards, M. P., 'The Battle of Maldon In Its Manuscript Context', Mediaevalia 7 (1984), 79-89.
- Richman, G., 'Thucydides and The Battle of Maldon', Geardagum 20 (1999), 111-24.
- Robinson, F. C., 'God, death and loyalty in The Battle of Maldon' in J. R. R. Tolkein: scholar and storyteller eds. M. Salu and R. T. Farrell. Ithaca, 1979. 76-98. Reprinted in his The Tomb of Beowulf and Other Essays on Old English. Oxford, 1993.
- ---, 'Some Aspects of the Maldon Poet's artistry', Journal of English and Germanic Philology 75 (1976), 25-40. Reprinted in his The Tomb of Beowulf and Other Essays on Old English. Oxford, 1993.
- Scragg, D. G., ed., The Battle of Maldon. Manchester, 1981.
- Scragg, D. G., ed., The Battle of Maldon, AD 991. Oxford, 1991.
- Swanton, M. J., 'The Battle of Maldon: A Literary Caveat', Journal of English and Germanic Philology 67:3 (1968), 441-50.
- Tolkien, J. R. R., Tree and leaf [and], Smith of Wootton Major [and], The homecoming of Bearhtnoth, Bearhthelm's son. London, 1979. Originally published in Essays and Studies, n.s. 6 (1953), 1-18.
- Tyler, E. M., 'Poetics and the Past: making history with Old English poetry', in Narrative and History in the Early Medieval West ed. E. M. Tyler and R. Balzaretti. Turnhout, 2006. 225-50.