The Battle of Maldon took place Process_start on 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex , England , during the reign of Æthelred the Unready .

The Battle of Maldon took place Process_start on 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex , England , during the reign of Æthelred the Unready .

An account of the battle , embellished with many speeches attributed to the warriors and with other details , is related in an Old English poem which is usually named Name_conferral `` The Battle of Maldon '' .

A modern embroidery created Creating for the millennium celebration in 1991 and , in part , depicting the battle , can be seen Perception_active at the Maeldune Centre in Maldon .

The poem `` The Battle of Maldon '' .

`` The Battle of Maldon '' is the name conventionally given Giving to a surviving 325-line fragment of Old English poetry .

This would place the site Placing of the battle about two miles southeast of Maldon .

There is a memorial window , representing Choosing Byrhtnoth 's dying Killing prayer Rite , in St Mary 's church at Maldon .