Infobox military conflict conflict Battle of Edington partof the Viking Saxon wars date May 878 image File Ethandunmem.jpg 200px caption Memorial to the Battle of Ethandun erected in 2000 near Bratton Castle . ref UK Inventory of War Memorials. The Memorial stone plaque reads quote TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE ... at the Battle of Ashdown had paused but not halted their advance. Alfred the Great had spent the winter preceding the Battle of Edington in the Somerset marsh of Athelney, the nature of the country ... to Edington, where he met the Danes, led by Guthrum the Old, in battle. Alfred s position before the battle Guthrum and his men had applied the usual Danish strategy of occupying a fortified town ... of the subject. ref The location of the battle generally accepted by most present day historians is at Edington ... most early historians had sited the battle as in the Edington, Wiltshire area, the significant interest ... n71 mode 2up Battle of Edington. p. 52 ref Consequences Three weeks after the battle, Guthrum was baptized ... of the Battle of Edington publisher The Wessex Press location Taunton year 1910 Cite book authorlink ... In Our Time Alfred and the Battle of Edington DEFAULTSORT Ethandun Category 878 Category 9th century ... AT CHIPPENHAM. ref place Probably Edington, Wiltshire casus territory result Decisive West Saxon ... unknown casualties1 unknown casualties2 unknown coord 51 26 25 N 02 14 32 W display title At Battle of Edington an army of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great defeated the Great ... refer to this battle as the Battle of Ethandun , or the Battle of Ethandune . ref It ultimately resulted in the Treaty of Wedmore the same year. Events before the battle The first Viking raid on Anglo .... ref name sawyer52 In 836, Egbert of Wessex Ecgberht of Wessex met in battle a force of thirty five ... Alfred succeeded his brother Ethelred, who died after the Battle of Merton . ref name ... menace between 875 and the end of 877. Battle File Geograph 886206.jpg thumb left upright 1.4 King ... more details
infobox UK place country England static image Image Edington priory church.JPG 240px static image caption Priory church St Mary, St Katherine and All Saints latitude 51.277 longitude 02.106 official name Edington population 769 population ref as of 2001 unitary england Wiltshire Council Wiltshire lieutenancy ... district BA13 postcode area BA dial code 01380 os grid reference ST926532 Edington is a small ..., Wiltshire Westbury . The parish includes two principal settlements, Edington village and Tinhead ... settlements, calling both Edington . History The parish was part of the hundred county subdivision ..., for it was probably here that Alfred the Great King Alfred the Great won a decisive battle against the Danes Germanic tribe Danes at the Battle of Ethandun , thus saving the foundations of England . In the year 957 the Witenagemot , or King s Council, met at Edington. ref A History of the County of Wiltshire , vol. 2, p. 9 ref The origin of the parish church , Edington Priory , is that it formed ... , much of Edington was the Manorialism manor of Edington Romsey , a property of Romsey ... of western Wiltshire, although not from Edington. William Gullick , the man who designed the New South ... of the parish of Edington was 834 at the census of 1801 and 1,136 in 1841. It had fallen back to 714 ..., with the hamlet of West Coulston being united with East Coulston . ref Edington , in A History ... annual Edington Priory Edington Music Festival . Many children from Edington go to the primary school ... The Edington cartulary , ed. Janet H. Stevenson Wiltshire Record Society , Vol. 42, 1987 External .... 8 1965 , Edington, pp.239 250 http www.edingtonfestival.org Edington Music Festival official http www.paulwigmore.co.uk edington.html Edington Music Festival unofficial Category Villages in Wiltshire Category Civil parishes in Wiltshire Wiltshire geo stub de Edington Wiltshire nl Edington Wiltshire no Edington Wiltshire pl Edington Wiltshire sh Edington Wiltshire ... more details
Image Edington.jpg thumb right Edington Priory Edington Priory in Wiltshire , England , was founded by William Edington , the bishop of Winchester , in 1332 in his home village of Edington, Wiltshire Edington . The priory church was built between 1352 and 1361. ref http www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk cathedrals edington priory.html Edington Priory, Wiltshire , Nash Ford Publishing 2005 ref History What was originally a college for priests later became a monastery for Augustinian canons. The Catholic Encyclopedia claims that it was granted by Edward the Black Prince to the Brothers of Penitence . ref who says Leland had a great favour to the Bones homes beyond the Se , from http www.newadvent.org cathen 02672b.htm Boni Homines Catholic Encyclopedia article ref The first rector, brought from Ashridge Priory , was John de Aylesbury, the last John Ryve. Edward VI of England Edward VI granted the property to William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester William Paulet, Baron St John by the 19th century it belonged to the Watson Taylor family. ref Little, the Friars of the Sack, in English Historical Review , 1894, 33, 121, cited in http www.newadvent.org cathen 02672b.htm Boni Homines Catholic Encyclopedia article ref During Jack Cade s rebellion in 1450, William Ayscough , Bishop of Salisbury and confessor to Henry VI of England Henry VI , was forced to flee Salisbury . Seeking refuge in the church at Edington, he was discovered on June 29, dragged from the high altar during mass and murdered in the fields outside the church. The church still stands today, a good example of the transition ... www.bbc.co.uk wiltshire content articles 2006 01 26 edington priory feature.shtml The festival on BBC ... Edington Priory.jpg The Priory in 2008 Image Edington church.jpg The Priory in 2008 File Edington priory church.JPG Another view File Edington church4.jpg Pews in the nave File Edington church3.jpg ..., Edington, pp.320 324 http www.bbc.co.uk wiltshire content image galleries edington priory gallery.shtml ... more details
mergefrom William of Edington date February 2012 Infobox Christian leader type bishop honorific prefix name William Edington honorific suffix title Bishop of Winchester image Winchestercathedralheadonwilliamedingtontomb.jpg image size 220px alt Effigy of William Edington in Winchester Cathedral caption Effigy of William Edington in Winchester Cathedral. province Province of Canterbury Canterbury diocese ... coat of arms alt Other other William Edington died 6 or 7 October 1366 was an English bishop and administrator ... from 1356 until he retired from royal administration in 1363. Edington s reforms of the administration ... for starting an extensive rebuilding of Winchester Cathedral , and for founding Edington Priory , the church of which still stands today. Royal service Edington s parents were Roger and Amice of Edington, Wiltshire Edington near Westbury, Wiltshire Westbury , Wiltshire . Though it has been ... name Davies R. G. Davies, Edington, William . ref His first patron, however, was the Oxford chancellor Gilbert Middleton, who was also a royal counsellor. When Middleton died in 1331, Edington entered the service of Middleton s friend, Adam Orleton , bishop of Winchester. Through Orleton, Edington ... of England 1902 The king must have been impressed by Edington s performance, because in 1344 ... on his debts, the king had lost public confidence, and struggled to obtain new loans. Edington saw ... to the capabilities and energy of Edington as an administrator. ref name Ormrod88 In 1356 he was named ... in these positions, Edington also held ecclesiastical benefice s. In 1335 Orleton collated him to the rectory ... . ref name Davies Image Edington.jpg thumb 250px Edington Priory in 1826. The monks of Winchester had already elected one of their own numbers, but this was overruled, and Edington was consecrated ... Edington Priory priory at his birthplace of Edington. Although most of the priory has been ..., King Edward had Edington elected archbishop of Canterbury . Edington, however, declined on the grounds ... more details
Jonathon Edington born October 29, 1976 ref http www.ctinmateinfo.state.ct.us detailsupv.asp?id inmt ... his neighbor, Barry James, after being told that James had molested Edington s two year old daughter. There has been no evidence found that Barry James molested Edington s daughter or anyone else. ref ... Kills His Neighbor, Police Say , New York Times , 8 31 06 ref On August 30 Edington was released on 1 million bail bond . It was widely expected that Edington would attempt to mount a psychiatric ... Law Tribune, 9 5 06 ref however Edington instead pled guilty to the crime and was sentenced to 12 .... Background Edington studied engineering at Syracuse University , and received his Juris Doctor J.D. ... mother, Christina Edington, that her neighbor, Barry James, had repeatedly molested her. ref Alison ... Case Told of Repeated Abuse , September 13, 2006, via NYTimes.com. ref Christina Edington was in Rhode ... Mrs. Edington when she immediately called to inform her husband, Jonathon Edington. According to the affidavit, within minutes Edington went next door to 101 Colony Street in Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield ... , September 12, 2006, via MSNBC .com. ref On October 10, 2006, Edington pled not guilty to all charges ... not molest Edington s daughter. ref http www.nylawyer.com display.php file news 06 10 102006l Police ... allegation and saying they found no evidence to back it up, they also revealed that Edington ... Benedict has said a defense psychiatrist determined Edington s wife suffered from postpartum ... index.html , CNN, August 31, 2007. ref In June 2007, Edington pled guilty to a reduced charge ... degree manslaughter. Prosecutor Jonathon Benedict had recommended that Edington serve 20 years ... Edington s property. The lien would be used to secure any verdict reached against Edington. James ... and discovered the body. After she showed police the body, they found Edington at home in his kitchen ... for the Jameses served Christina Edington with a wrongful death lawsuit, accusing her of triggering ... more details
other uses2 Edington Infobox UK place country England latitude 51.151 longitude 2.881 official name Edington population 365 population ref ref name popn cite web url http www.webcitation.org 5lRyCSu4c title Parish Population Statistics for Sedgemoor work ONS Census 2001 publisher Somerset County Council accessdate 2009 12 17 ref shire district Sedgemoor shire county Somerset region South West England constituency westminster Bridgwater and West Somerset UK Parliament constituency Bridgwater and West Somerset post town BRIDGWATER postcode district TA7 postcode area TA dial code 01278 os grid reference ST385395 static image File The Village Hall, Edington, Somerset geograph.org.uk 1105841.jpg 250px static image caption The Village Hall static image 2 File Edington Holy Well geograph.org.uk 542761.jpg alt Stone wall with arched gap, overgrown with weeds. 250px static image 2 caption Edington Holy Well Edington is a rural village , situated on the north side of the Polden Hills in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset , England. Either side of it lie the villages of Chilton Polden and Catcott , and north of it is the small village of Burtle . There is a 12th century church, but the nearest primary school is in the village of Catcott. Edington has a surgery and an active village hall where ... work was carried out for Wessex Water , no longer functions. History Edington was once linked ... a junction for the short branch to Bridgwater , which opened in 1890. Edington railway station was known as Edington Junction between 1890 and 1953, changing to Edington Burtle on the closure of the Bridgwater ... the d Hondt method of party list proportional representation . Geography Catcott, Edington and Chilton ... information External links Commons category Edington, Somerset http www.british history.ac.uk report.asp?compid 15107 VCH entry http www.genuki.org.uk big eng SOM Edington GENUKI tm page Sedgemoor ... Holy wells nl Edington Somerset pl Edington Somerset sh Edington Somerset ... more details
Orphan date January 2012 mergeto William Edington date February 2012 Wikify date August 2011 general improvements needed plus links William of Edington died 1366 , was bishop of Winchester and chancellor. William was a native of Edington, near Westbury in Wiltshire, and is said to have been educated at Oxford. He attracted the notice of Bishop Adam Orleton of Winchester, who presented him to the living of Cheriton in Hampshire, and introduced him to the court. Thenceforward his life was almost entirely spent in the public service. On 26 March 1341 he is mentioned as receiver of the subsidy of a ninth granted by parliament on this side Trent and in the following year, 18 February, he was presented by the king to the prebend of Leighton Manor in Lincoln Cathedral, an appointment which was confirmed 10 April. On 2 May 1344 he is mentioned as holding also the prebend of Netheravon in Salisbury Cathedral, which, together with his prebend at Lincoln, he held until his elevation to the bishopric ... choice. Edington was elected bishop, 14 May 1346, and the temporalities were restored to him ... and the latter in part cut away to make room for the new Perpendicular work. Bishop Edington himself ... assigned to Edington is the building of the chantry bearing his name, in the second bay from the choir on the south side of the nave. Next to Winchester, Edington devoted himself to the interests ..., at the desire of the Black Prince, Edington changed the foundation into one of reformed Austin friars ... of the house is contained in Lansdowne MS. 442, in the British Library. Edington was treasurer from ... was buried at Edington. He left his estate towards the continuation of the fabric of his cathedral ... a g, and by Leland with an initial H. References reflist DNB wstitle Edington, William of Use dmy dates date August 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Edington, William ... DEFAULTSORT Edington, William of Category Year of birth missing Category 1366 deaths Category 14th ... more details
Infobox MLB player name Stump Edington image position Outfielder bats Left throws Left birth date birth date 1891 7 4 birth place Koleen, Indiana death date death date and age 1969 11 11 1891 7 4 death place Bastrop, Louisiana debutdate June 20 debutyear 1912 debutteam Pittsburgh Pirates finaldate July 13 finalyear 1912 finalteam Pittsburgh Pirates stat1label Batting average stat1value .302 stat2label Home run s stat2value 0 stat3label Run batted in Runs batted in stat3value 12 teams nowiki nowiki Pittsburgh Pirates 1912 Jacob Franklin Stump Edington July 4, 1891 November 11, 1969 was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for about a month in 1912 June 20 July 13 . The 20 year old rookie , who stood height ft 5 in 8 and weighed 170 lbs., was a native of Koleen, Indiana . Edington played very well during his time with the Pirates. In 15 games he hit .302 16 for 53 with 2 triple baseball triples , 12 runs batted in , and 4 run baseball runs scored . In the field he handled 25 total chances chances flawlessly for a fielding percentage of 1.000. He was one of seven different players to appear in right field for the team that season. Three of his famous teammates on the Pirates were future Baseball Hall of Fame Hall of Famers Honus Wagner , Max Carey , and Bill McKechnie . After his brief career with the Pirates, he returned to play in the Central League baseball Central League from 1915 1917, the Pacific Coast League from 1919 1921 and the Texas League from 1922 1928. He was a player manager with the Beaumont Exporters of the Texas League in 1923 and after his playing career ended, he managed a couple of teams in 1928. Edington died at the age of 78 in Bastrop, Louisiana . External links http www.baseball reference.com e edingst01.shtml Baseball Reference Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Edington, Stump ALTERNATIVE ..., Indiana DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1969 PLACE OF DEATH Bastrop, Louisiana DEFAULTSORT Edington, Stump ... more details
Infobox swimmer name Sophie Edington image Sophie Edington Craig Franklin.jpg imagesize caption fullname Sophie Jane Edington nicknames Soph nationality AUS strokes backstroke, freestyle club Vicentre Swim Club collegeteam birth date birth date and age 1984 12 12 birth place Loxton, South Australia Loxton , South Australia death date death place height height m 1.79 precision 0 weight convert 63 kg lb st abbr on medaltemplates MedalCompetition FINA World Championships World Championships LC MedalGold 2005 World Aquatics Championships 2005 Montreal ref cite web url http www.fina.org events WC Montreal 2005 results sw.php title Montreal 2005 Results accessdate 2007 06 09 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070128064425 http www.fina.org events WC Montreal 2005 results sw.php Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 01 28 ref 4x100 m medley MedalGold 2005 World Aquatics Championships 2005 Montreal 4x100 m freestyle MedalCompetition FINA World Championships Short Course World Championships SC MedalGold 2004 FINA Short Course World Championships 2004 Indianapolis 4x100 m medley MedalGold 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships 2006 Shanghai 4x100 m medley MedalSilver 2006 FINA Short Course ... Jane Edington ref cite web title Results &ndash Tuesday 5 October publisher BBC Sport date 2010 10 ... in swimming References Reflist External links Sophie Edington official website http www.sophieedington.com.au ... AUS Sophie Edington & br flagicon CHN Zhao Jing swimmer Zhao Jing succession box before flagicon AUS Sophie Edington & br flagicon CHN Zhao Jing swimmer Zhao Jing title World record progression ... 2004 &ndash 31 March 2007 br flagicon AUS br Sophie Edington br Leisel Jones br Jessicah Schipper ... NAME Edington, Sophie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Australia n swimming sport swimmer DATE ... DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Edington, Sophie Category 1984 births Category Living ... de Sophie Edington fr Sophie Edington nl Sophie Edington pl Sophie Edington wuu ... more details
Infobox UK disused station name Edington Burtle gridref ST392428 image caption manager Somerset Central Railway owner Southern Railway Great Britain SR and London, Midland and Scottish Railway LMS br Western Region of British Railways locale Edington, Somerset Edington borough Sedgemoor platforms 2 years 1856 events Opened Edington Road years1 21 July 1890 events1 Renamed Edington Junction years2 8 June 1953 events2 Renamed Edington Burtle years3 7 March 1966 events3 Closed Edington Burtle railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway , and served the village of Edington, Somerset , UK. Originally named Edington Road, with the village two miles away, it became in 1890 the junction for the Bridgwater branch off the Highbridge, Somerset Highbridge line and for the next period in its life was known as Edington Junction. After the Bridgwater line closed to passengers in 1952, the station was renamed as Edington Burtle &ndash Burtle is a village to the north of the station, and somewhat closer than Edington. It closed in March 1966 when the line was shut as part of the Beeching axe . Disused Rail Start rail line one to two previous Shapwick, Somerset railway station Shapwick br small Line and station closed small next1 Bason Bridge railway station Bason Bridge br small Line and station closed small route1 Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway br small London and South Western Railway LSWR & Midland Railway s small br small Highbridge Line small next2 Cossington,Somerset railway station Cossington br small Line and station closed small route2 Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway br small London and South Western Railway LSWR & Midland Railway s small br small Bridgwater Branch small col SDJR colour end box References Somerset Railway Stations , by Mike Oakley. Dovecote Press, 2002. External links http www.npemap.org.uk tiles map.html 338,142,1 Station on navigable O.S. map coord 51.18118 2.87123 type landmark region GB source enwiki osgb36 ST392428 display title ... more details
Infobox SSSI image Image Edington Heath.jpg 200px image caption Edington Heath name Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors aos Somerset interest Biological gridref gbmappingsmall ST390420 latitude 51.17397 longitude 2.87395 displaymap Somerset area convert 1083 ha km2 sqmi notifydate Start date 1967 enref 1003888 Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors SSSI is a 1083 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset , England SSSI notification notified in 1967. It is close to the villages of Edington, Somerset Edington and Catcott . It is part of the Brue Valley Living Landscape Conservation biology conservation project. The project commenced in January 2009 and aims to restore, recreate and reconnect habitat . It aims to ensure that wildlife is enhanced and capable of sustaining itself in the face of climate change ref http www.somersetwildlife.org landscape brue valley.php Brue Valley Living Landscape ref while guaranteeing farmers and other landowners can continue to use their land profitably. It is one of an increasing number of landscape scale conservation projects in the UK. ref http www.wildlifetrusts.org ?section environment livinglandscapes A Living Landscape The Wildlife Trusts ref ref http www.rspb.org.uk ourwork farming policy landuse landscape.asp RSPB landscape conservation ref ref http www.naturalengland.org.uk Images futurelandscapes tcm6 8638.pdf Natural England Future Landscapes ref The site consists of low lying land south of the River Brue , which floods on a regular basis land north of here is included in the Tealham and Tadham Moors SSSI. The site is managed by Somerset Wildlife Trust and includes the Catcott Lows National Nature Reserve , ref cite web url http www.glastonbury.eclipse.co.uk web site with me 00009f.htm title Catcott Lows NNR last Brown first Alan work Avalon Marshes Reserve Guides accessdate 2008 10 18 ref ref cite web url ..., Edington And Chilton Moors Category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset Category Sites ... more details
dablink This article is about combat. For other meanings, see Battle disambiguation . Generally, a battle ... force s, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat ... was the essence of strategy . Image Sadler, Battle of Waterloo.jpg thumb right 400px The Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler painter William Sadler II Etymology The definition of a battle cannot be arrived ... battle is a loanword in English from the Old French bataille , first attested in 1297, from Late Latin ... in Rome that may have numbered 10,000 individuals. Characteristics of battle history of war The defining characteristic of the battle as a concept in the Theory of combat ref pp.63 64, Dupuy ref has ... Sir John Keegan suggested an ideal definition of battle as something which happens between two army ... ref the origins and outcomes of battles can rarely be summarized so neatly. In general a battle ... of the battle is longer than a week, it is often for reasons of staff operational planning called an operation . Battles can be planned, encounter battle encountered , or forced by one force on the other when the latter is unable to Withdrawal military withdraw from combat. A battle always ..., Dupuy ref A victory in the battle is achieved when one of the opposing sides forces the other to abandon ... it to retreat or renders it militarily ineffective for further combat operation s. However, a battle ... in a battle, it can result in a stalemate . A conflict in which one side is unwilling to reach a decision by a direct battle using conventional military forces often becomes an insurgency . Until the 19th century the majority of battles were of short duration, many lasting a part of a day. The Battle of Nations 1813 and the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 were exceptional in lasting three days. This was mainly ... military night operations . The means of prolonging a battle was typically by employment of siege ... by the start of the World War II Second World War . The use of the term battle in military history has ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name In Battle image caption image size background group or band origin Sundsvall , Sweden genre Black metal , death metal , viking metal years ... instruments In Battle is an extreme metal band from Sundsvall , Sweden . The main lyrical themes of the band .... ref name In Battle biography Official Site http inbattle.se site index.php?p history&object biography In Battle biography Official Site ref H kan Sj din left the band early so that he could play with Setherial full time. The band s first album, titled In Battle album In Battle , was recorded ... In Battle Tartarean Desire http www.tartareandesire.com bands In Battle 828 In Battle Tartarean Desire ... Carlsson guitar of Diabolical band Diabolical to join the band. ref name In Battle biography Official ... user.viewprofile&friendID 49141630 In Battle Myspace ref The album was mixed and mastered ... redesign candle inbattle.htm In Battle Candlelight Records ref Rutan also donated a guitar solo to the album. ref http www.metalblade.com bands in battle index2005.html In Battle Metal Blade ... s release. In 2006, In Battle signed a contract with Nocturnal Art Productions and began working on their 4th full length album, which turned out to be Kingdom of Fear In Battle album Kingdom of Fear . The album was released on September 3, 2007. In Battle are currently working on a fifth studio album with a working title of Flames & Death . ref http inbattle.se site index.php?p news In Battle news Official Site ref Line up Current members ref name In Battle Tartarean Desire John Odhinn Sandin ... 1996 1997 Otto Wiklund drums vocals 1996 1998 Marcus Edvardsson bass 2003 Discography In Battle album In Battle full length, 1997 The Rage of the Northmen full length, 1999 Soul Metamorphosis EP, 2003 Welcome to the Battlefield full length, 2004 Kingdom of Fear In Battle album Kingdom of Fear full ... Viking metal musical groups de In Battle it In Battle pl In Battle pt In Battle ... more details
This is the page about the children s book. For the album by heavy metal music heavy metal band Brocas Helm , see Into Battle album . For the EP by avant garde band Art of Noise , see Into Battle with the Art of Noise . Infobox Book name Into Battle title orig translator image File Into Battle Garth Nix coverart.jpg image caption Into Battle book cover author Garth Nix illustrator Steve Rawlings cover artist Joan Moloney country Australian language English language English series The Seventh Tower genre Fantasy publisher Scholastic Corporation Scholastic release date July 2001 english release date media type Print Paperback pages 208 isbn preceded by Above the Veil followed by The Violet Keystone Into Battle is the fifth book in Garth Nix s The Seventh Tower series, published in 2001 by Scholastic Corporation Scholastic . In the book, the Icecarls are preparing to attack the Chosen s Castle to protect the Veil, which lies vulnerable as a mysterious force of evil begins to reveal itself. In this book, the Icecarls are fed up with the Chosen, and prepare to attack the Castle with War Chief Milla Talon Hand at the lead. Milla, trained with a Sunstone, and wielding a talon of Danir, is prepared to defend her army from anything, no matter what the cost. Milla s Icecarl army quickly destroys and conquers the Red and Orange levels, terrorizing all with a Violet Wave of Destruction, produced by her half of the Violet Keystone which she thinks is just a normal Sunstone at first, but slowly begins reconsidering. The cover design and art are by Joan Moloney and Steve Rawlings respectively. Category 2001 novels Category Children s fantasy novels Category Novels by Garth Nix Category 2000s fantasy novels child fantasy novel stub Garth Nix ... more details
infobox military conflict conflict Battle of An partof image File Huahill 2008 09 14.jpg 300px caption Location of the battle at Hua Hill, Jinan. date 589 B.C.E. place Hua Hill , Jinan coordinates coord 36 43 42.96 N 117 3 49.86 E type landmark region CN display inline map type latitude longitude map size map caption map label territory result victory of the State of Jin, alliance between Jin and Qi status combatant1 State of Qi combatant2 Jin Chinese state State of Jin commander1 Duke Qing of Qi commander2 Xi Ke strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 notes The Battle of An zh c linktext p n zh Zh n was fought during the Spring and Autumn Period in 589 BC at Hua Hill in the area of the present day city of Jinan , Shandong between the states of State of Qi Qi and Jin Chinese state Jin . It ended in a victory for the state of Jin and eventually resulted in an alliance between the two states. Two of the three surviving commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals , the Zuo Zhuan and the Guliang Zhuan describe the event that led to the battle as an insult that an emissary of Jin suffered at the court of Qi ref name battleofan http www.ourorient.com the battle of an between jin and qi for hegemony.htm Jiang Yike, The Battle of An, Between Jin and Qi, For Hegemony ref , but the two accounts differ on the nature of the insult. According to the Zuo Zhuan , the duke of Qi allowed women to watch the emissary s visit from behind a screen, women who then insulted the emissary with their laughter. ref name battleofan ref name watson http books.google.com books?id UcYRpKmh W4C Burton Watson The Tso chuan selections from China s oldest narrative history, Columbia University Press, 1992 ref The Guliang Zhuan claims that the duke of Qi insulted the emissaries of four visiting states by assigning each of them a server who shared their respective physical defects. ref name battleofan References reflist china hist stub Category 589 BC Category 6th century BC conflicts Category ... more details
as the holy ring that the Danes used to declare their peace with Alfred after the battle of Edington some months later. citation needed date March 2012 The battle in fiction The battle appears ...Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Cynwit partof the Viking Saxon wars date 878 place May be Cannington, Somerset , but this is uncertain casus territory result Decisive Saxon victory combatant1 center Image Wyvern of Wessex.svg 70px br Wessex West Saxons combatant2 center Image RavenBanner.svg 70px br Vikings commander1 Ealdorman Odda of Devon commander2 Ubbe Ragnarsson strength1 Unknown strength2 1200 casualties1 Unknown casualties2 Unknown The Battle of Cynwit , also spelt Battle of Cynuit , took place in 878 at a fort which Asser calls Cynwit . This is now argued to be on Cannington Camp Cannington Hill , near Cannington, Somerset Cannington , Bridgwater in Somerset , England , sfn Baggs Siraut 1992 pp 73 76 but other locations are also put forward for it. Prelude A party of Vikings led by Ubbe Ragnarsson , brother of Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan Ragnarsson , landed on the coast at Combwich with 23 ships and twelve hundred men. There they observed that a number of English ... 2012 Siege and battle Ubbe and the Vikings proceeded to besiege the fort, expecting the English to surrender ... site of the battle While the Anglo Saxon Chronicle glosses over the battle of Cynwit, it is important ... likely out of reverence for Alfred s status as king. The Battle of Cynwit shows that while Alfred ... held sway over the peoples of Wessex. citation needed date March 2012 Secondly, at the battle of Cynwit ... banner called Hrefn or the Raven . While the Anglo Saxon Chronicle only briefly mentions the battle ... to dictate his course of action in battle. As Ubba s battle flag, the Raven banner therefore held specific ..., although the description of the battle may not be very accurate, showing the Vikings as making a landing at night and being defeated immediately on the landing ground. The battle also features ... more details
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