On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire And Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations.
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ANCIENT BATTLE-FIELDS.
PREFACE.
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.
ERRATA.
CHAPTER I.
EARLY HISTORICAL AND LEGENDARY BATTLES.
CHAPTER II.
THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ST. OSWALD, OF NORTHUMBRIA, 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.
TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL.
APPENDIX.
THE DISPOSAL OF ST. OSWALD'S REMAINS.
THE DUN BULL, THE BADGE OF THE NEVILLES.
THE GENESIS OF MYTHS.
ANGLO-SAXON HELMET.
INDEX.
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