The A to Z of the Vikings 9. This book provides a comprehensive work of reference for people interested in the Vikings, including entries on the main historical figures involved in this dramatic period, important battles and treaties, significant archaeological finds, and key works and sources of information on the period. It also summarizes the impact the Vikings had on the areas where they traveled and settled. There is a chronological table, detailed and annotated bibliographies for different themes and geographical locations, and an introduction discussing the major events and developments of the Viking age | 58 BROA The skaldic poem Vikingavisur refers to two places in Brittany where Olaf Haraldsson is said to have been involved in fighting in the early 11th century Hringsfjordr an unidentified location on the Breton coast and Hol the scene of a Viking stronghold which is usually identified with present-day Dol in the northeastern part of the province. BROA. Scandinavian art style that takes its name from the gilt-bronze bridle-mounts found in a burial at Broa on the Baltic island of Gotland Sweden. The main characteristics of the Broa style are stylized animal decoration including ribbon-like s-shaped animals semi-naturalistic animals and birds and the new motif known as the gripping beast. The Broa style is generally dated from the second half of the eighth century to the early ninth century and is a precursor to Viking-Age art proper that begins with the Oseberg style. The burial at Broa also contained an iron sword with a cast-bronze hilt and a gilt pommel and grip an amber bridge of a stringed instrument two bronze buckles a bronze strap-distributor and 22 strap mounts of gilt-bronze. BRUNANBURH BATTLE OF. Battle fought by Athelstan king of England against an alliance of Dublin Vikings Scots and Strathclyde Britons that was led by Constantine II king of Scotland and Olaf Guthfrithsson of Dublin in 937. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 937 records Athelstan s victory over seamen and Scots in the form of a heroic poem and Celtic writers refer to the battle as the great war. The location of Brunanburh is unknown although many commentators favor a location in northern England. Placename evidence suggests that it may well have been in Cheshire present-day Bromborough but this cannot be proven. Athelstan s victory renewed his authority in northern England. BRYNHILD. See SIGURD THE DRAGON-SLAYER. BUCKQUOY. Settlement site in the parish of Birsay and Harray which lies in the northwest of mainland Orkney. Excavations at Buckquoy in the 1970s revealed that rectangular .
