Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-1-5015-1761-7 (ISBN)
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.
Rebecca Hardie is a postdoctoral researcher at Freie Universität, Berlin, and the Managing Editor of the Living Handbook of Temporal Communities in the Excellence Cluster 2020 ‘Temporal Communities’.
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Ætheflæd Then and Now: Introduction by Rebecca Hardie
Part I: Æthelflæd's Life and Reign
Living in a Material World: Ætheflæd's Archaeology by Martin Carver
The Annals of Ætheflæd: Notes Towards an Attempted Reconstruction by Michael Wood
Ætheflæd and Female Power in Tenth-Century Europe by Alice Hicklin
The Charters of Ætheflæd by Andrew Rabin
Part II: Women in Tenth-Century England and Beyond
Women and Unconsecrated Burial in Tenth-Century England by Nicole Marafioti
Did the Lady of the Mercians Make Her Own Bread? Gender, Status, and Food Production in Early Medieval England by Debby Banham
Voices of Tenth-Century Women in the Book of Nunnaminster and Royal Prayerbook by Christine Voth
Fictions of Queenship in Asser's Vita Alfredi by Stacy S. Klein
Historical Models of Male and Female Power: The Old English Orosius in the Tenth Century by Victoria E. H. Walker
Remembering Ætheflæd, 1854–2019 by Clare A. Lees
Notes on Contributors
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.10.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, black and white; 9 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 577 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Schlagworte | Æthelflæd • Angelsachsen • England • Women, Anglo-Saxon, Æthelflæd, England |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5015-1761-9 / 1501517619 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5015-1761-7 / 9781501517617 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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