The Battle of Maldon

This article is about the Anglo-Saxon poem. For the battle, see Battle of Maldon.

Byrhtnoth's Plaque near Northey Island, in Maldon, Essex

"The Battle of Maldon" is the name given to an Old English poem of uncertain date celebrating the real Battle of Maldon of 991, at which an Anglo-Saxon army failed to repulse a Viking raid. Only 325 lines of the poem are extant; both the beginning and the ending are lost.