List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Prologue, Brendan Simms (University of Cambridge, UK); 1. Introduction, Maire Ni Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge, UK), Rory Naismith (King's College London, UK) and Elizabeth Ashman Rowe (University of Cambridge, UK); 2. Battle Names in the Middle Ages, Robert Bartlett (University of St Andrews, UK); 3. Battle-writing and Commemoration: the Transition from Violence to Peace, Jenny Benham (Cardiff University, UK) ; 4. 'Undying Glory by the Sword's Edge': Writing and Remembering Battle in Anglo-Saxon England, Matthew Strickland (University of Glasgow, UK); 5. Fortress London: War and Peace in an Anglo-Saxon City, Rory Naismith (King's College London, UK); 6. 'Trembling Sods'?: Rhetoric and Reality in Battle-Narratives from Medieval Ireland and Britain, Maire Ni Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge, UK); 7. 'Sword-Age, Axe-Age': Writing Battles in Viking Age and Medieval Scandinavia, Elizabeth Ashman Rowe (University of Cambridge, UK); 8. Which 'Pagans'? The Influence of the Crusades on battle-Narratives in Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia, Natalia Petrovskaia (Utrecht University, The Netherlands); 9. The Battle of Bannockburn 1314, Tony Pollard (University of Glasgow, UK); 10. A Troubled Memory: Battles of the First World War, Robert Tombs (University of Cambridge, UK); Appendix; Bibliography; Index |