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The '''Battle of Maldon''' took place on 10 August 991 near [[Maldon, Essex|Maldon]] beside the [[River Blackwater, Essex|River Blackwater]] in [[Essex, England]], during the reign of [[Aethelred the Unready]]. Earl [[Byrhtnoth]] and his [[thegns]] led the [[English people|English]] against a [[Viking]] invasion, which ended in defeat. After the battle [[Sigeric the serious|Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury]] and the aldermen of the south-western provinces advised King Aethelred to buy off the Vikings rather than continue the armed struggle. The result was a payment of 10,000 Roman pounds (3,300 kg) of silver, the first example of [[Danegeld]] in England.
An account of the battle, embellished with many speeches attributed to the warriors and with other details, is related in an [[Old English]] poem which is usually named '''''The Battle of Maldon'''''. A modern embroidery created for the millennium celebration in 1991 and, in part, depicting the battle can be seen at the [[Maeldune Centre]] in Maldon.
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