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Topic: Battle of Maserfield

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		The Battle of Maserfield (or Maserfeld), Welsh: "Maes Cogwy", was fought on August 5, 642, between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia, ending in Oswald\'s defeat, death, and dismemberment.
		The outcome of the battle was defeat for the Northumbrians.
		The battle may more accurately be characterized as marking the defeat of Northumbrian imperialism south of the Humber: the 20th century historian Frank Stenton wrote of Penda that his resistance may have prevented the establishment of "a loosely compacted kingdom of England under Northumbrian rule" by the mid-7th century.
	www.ukiworld.com /wiki2-Battle_of_Maserfield (767 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Oswald of Northumbria
		When his father was killed in battle when Oswald was eleven years old, his mother fled with the family for the court of King Eochaid Buide at Dunadd in modern Scotland.
		Soldier; known to have fought at the Battle of Fid Eoin in 628.
		Prior to the battle, he had received a vision of Saint Colman; he had also erected a large cross on the field on the night before, attributed his win to his faith and the intervention of the saint, and the victory is known as the Battle of Heavenfield.
	www.catholicforum.com /saints/sainto25.htm (747 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Celts : O - Oyster-Catcher
		He was the son of Dagda, to whom Dagda gave one of his Brughs when he was forced to take refuge underground before the advance of the invading Milesians.
		He was oppressed by Bres and the Fomorians whom he overcame in battle, as leader of the Tuatha de Danaan.
		The events of the story are supposed to have taken place just after the celebrated battle of Gabra, in which Finn's band met its final defeat, but the introduction of the Rip Van Winckle motif carries the action through many years to a period long after the decline and ruin of the celebrated fian.
	www.celticgrounds.com /chapters/encyclopedia/o.html (7709 words)

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