On Some Ancient Battle-fields in Lancashire
by Charles Hardwick
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hardwick, Charles, 1817-1889
- Title
- On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire And Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations.
- Credits
- Produced by sp1nd, Mebyon, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- Lancashire (England) -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 40918
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40918
- Release Date
- October 2, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ANCIENT BATTLE-FIELDS.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I .—Early Historical and Legendary Battles. — CHAPTER II .—The Defeat and Death of King Oswald, of Northumbria, by the Pagan Mercian King, Penda, at Maserfeld (A.D. 642.) — CHAPTER III .—Battles in the Valley of the Ribble near Whalley and Clitheroe. — CHAPTER IV .—Athelstan's great Victory at Brunanburh, A.D. 937, and its connection with the great Anglo-Saxon and Danish Hoard, discovered at Cuerdale in 1840. — APPENDIX .
- 4.ERRATA.
- 5.CHAPTER I. — EARLY HISTORICAL AND LEGENDARY BATTLES.
- 6.CHAPTER II. — THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ST. OSWALD, OF NORTHUMBRIA, AT MASERFELD, ( A.D. 642).
- 7.CHAPTER III. — BATTLES IN THE VALLEY OF THE RIBBLE, NEAR WHALLEY AND CLITHEROE.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. — ATHELSTAN'S GREAT VICTORY AT BRUNANBURH, A.D. 937., AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE GREAT ANGLO-SAXON AND DANISH HOARD, DISCOVERED AT CUERDALE, IN 1840. — TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL.
- 9.APPENDIX. — THE DISPOSAL OF ST. OSWALD'S REMAINS. — THE DUN BULL, THE BADGE OF THE NEVILLES. — THE GENESIS OF MYTHS. — ANGLO-SAXON HELMET.
- 10.INDEX.
- 11.FOOTNOTES:
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