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The Battle of Ringmere was fought on 5 May 1010. Norse sagas recorded a battle at Hringmaraheiðr; Old English Hringmere-hǣð, modern name Ringmere Heath. [1] In his Víkingarvísur, the poet Sigvat records the victory of Saint Olaf (who according to Norse sources was fighting together with King Ethelred [2]) over Ulfcytel Snillingr: [3]
Dec 8, 2012 · On May 5, 1010, a great battle was fought between the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes at Ringmere Heath. At battle’s end, it was the Danes who remained masters of the field of slaughter. It was a terrible loss for England, whose men fought under the banner of Ulfkytel of East Anglia, a great lord wed to one of the daughters of King ...
May 4, 2015 · On 5 May in the year 1010, a great battle was fought between the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes at a place in East Anglia called Ringmere. In the fall of 2012, as part of the research for my novel The Price of Blood , I went with my husband to East Anglia to see for myself where that battle took place.
This paper takes as its focus the battle of Ringmere – fought in East Anglia by forces led by the East Anglian ealdorman Ulfcetel, and an invading Viking army led by a number of major Scandinavian figures – in 1010.
The Battle of Ringmere in 1010, on heathland five miles north of Thetford, was a turning point in the defence - or in this period lack of defence – of England against the raiding Norsemen, their brutal killing of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1012 perhaps the nadir of English prestige.
Although some late sources places Wulfric's death as late as 1010, and John of Worcester's chronicle has been read as suggesting that he died at the battle of Ringmere in that year, he probably died between 1002, when his will was begun, and 1004, when King Æthelred issued his charter approving it.
As a normal Benedictine house Burton Abbey was subject to episcopal visitation, despite its claim in 1257 to be exempt, (fn. 209) and a few such visitations are recorded from the 14th century. (fn. 210) Abbot Henley challenged the bishop's right to visit Burton and appealed to the archbishop.
