Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England / / ed. by Rebecca Hardie.
Æthelflæd (c. 870–918), political leader, military strategist, and administrator of law, is one of the most important ruling women in English history. Despite her multifaceted roles and family legacy, however, her reign and relationship with other women in tenth-century England have never been the s...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XII, 306 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Æthelflæd Then and Now: Introduction -- Part 1: Æthelflæd’s Life and Reign -- 1 Living in a Material World: Æthelflæd’s Archaeology -- 2 The Annals of Æthelflæd: Notes towards an Attempted Reconstruction -- 3 Æthelflaed and Female Power in Tenth-Century Europe -- 4 The Charters of Æthelflæd -- Part 2: Women in Tenth-Century England and Beyond -- 5 Women and Unconsecrated Burial in Tenth-Century England -- 6 Did the Lady of the Mercians Make Her Own Bread? Gender, Status, and Food Production in Early Medieval England -- 7 Voices of Tenth-Century Women in the Book of Nunnaminster and Royal Prayerbook -- 8 Fictions of Queenship in Asser’s Vita Alfredi -- 9 Historical Models of Male and Female Power: The Old English Orosius in the Tenth Century -- 10 Remembering Æthelflæd, 1854–2019 -- Index |
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Summary: | Æthelflæd (c. 870–918), political leader, military strategist, and administrator of law, is one of the most important ruling women in English history. Despite her multifaceted roles and family legacy, however, her reign and relationship with other women in tenth-century England have never been the subject of a book-length study. This interdisciplinary collection of essays redresses a notable hiatus in scholarship of early medieval England. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England argues for a reassessment of women’s political, military, literary, and domestic agency. It invites deeper reflection on the female kinships, networks, and communities that give meaning to Æthelflæd’s life, and through this shows how medieval history can invite new engagements with the past. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501512421 9783111175782 9783111319292 9783111318912 9783111319131 9783111318189 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781501512421 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Rebecca Hardie. |