Picture No | 12587051 |
Date | 1016 |
Description | Last phase of the Battle of Assendun |
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Last phase of the Battle of Assendun (Essendune) on 18 October 1016, with the defeat of King Edmund Ironside of England by the Danes led by Cnut (Canute). The location is thought to have been somewhere in Essex.
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Source | Illustration after Lorentz Frolich in 'The Story of the British People in Pictures, Odhams Press', page 38 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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