Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England / Rebecca Hardie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hardie, Rebecca, editor.

Series:

Publications of the Richmond County Historical Society.

Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Athelstan, 925-940.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

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.

Contents:

Intro

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

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Other Format:

Print version: Hardie, Rebecca Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England

ISBN:

1-5015-1242-0

OCLC:

1406408961