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Balthild of Francia : Anglo-Saxon slave, Merovingian queen, and abolitionist saint / Isabel Moreira.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moreira, Isabel, author.
- Series:
- Women in antiquity.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Women in antiquity
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bathildis, Queen, consort of Clovis II, King of the Franks, -approximately 680.
- Bathildis.
- Queens--France--Biography.
- Queens.
- Christian women saints--France--Biography.
- Christian women saints.
- Merovingians--Queens--Biography.
- Merovingians.
- Enslaved persons--France--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Anglo-Saxons--France--Biography.
- Anglo-Saxons.
- France--History--To 987.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- This text tells the remarkable life of Balthild of Francia (c. 633-80), a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon slave who became a queen of France. Described in contemporary sources as beautiful and intelligent, she rose to power though her marriage to the short-lived King Clovis II. As regent for her young son, she promoted social and political reforms in Francia that included the rescue and rehousing of Christian slaves who, like Balthild herself, had been caught up in the human-trafficking practices of the mid-seventh century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 26, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780197518694
- 0197518699
- 9780197518670
- 0197518672
- OCLC:
- 1437888850
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