Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
CSVA

Norse and Viking Seminar: The Battle of Brunanburh Revisited

Date(s)
Wednesday 26th October 2011 (14:00-17:00)
Contact
For further information, please contact judith.jesch@nottingham.ac.uk
Description

The Battle of Brunanburh Revisited - In this special extended Norse and Viking Seminar, Paul Cavill, Michael Wood and Alex Woolf discuss its location, its historical significance, and the linguistic, literary and historical evidence. Paul Cavill is Lecturer in Early English in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham, Michael Wood is a broadcaster and historian with a particular interest in the Anglo-Saxon period, and Alex Woolf is Senior Lecturer in the School of History at the University of St Andrews; all have published on the battle of Brunanburh and its linguistic, literary and historical contexts.

The seminar is free of charge and open to all, but we would appreciate it if you could RSVP on the School of English Studies RSVP Form.

Centre for the Study of the Viking Age

Trent Building
The University of Nottingham
University Park

telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 5900
fax: +44 (0) 115 951 5924
email: csva@nottingham.ac.uk