Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England

Published by Medieval Institute Publications 2023

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England

Edited by: Rebecca Hardie

In the series Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501512421

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

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’.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Æthelflæd Then and Now: Introduction Rebecca Hardie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1: Æthelflæd’s Life and Reign
1 Living in a Material World: Æthelflæd’s Archaeology Martin Carver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
2 The Annals of Æthelflæd: Notes towards an Attempted Reconstruction Michael Wood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
3 Æthelflaed and Female Power in Tenth-Century Europe Alice Hicklin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
4 The Charters of Æthelflæd Andrew Rabin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Part 2: Women in Tenth-Century England and Beyond
5 Women and Unconsecrated Burial in Tenth-Century England Nicole Marafioti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
6 Did the Lady of the Mercians Make Her Own Bread? Gender, Status, and Food Production in Early Medieval England Debby Banham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
7 Voices of Tenth-Century Women in the Book of Nunnaminster and Royal Prayerbook Christine Voth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
8 Fictions of Queenship in Asser’s Vita Alfredi Stacy S. Klein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
9 Historical Models of Male and Female Power: The Old English Orosius in the Tenth Century Victoria E. H. Walker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
10 Remembering Æthelflæd, 1854–2019 Clare A. Lees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303

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Language: English
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 306
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
- Coloured Illustrations: 9
- Tables: 1
Keywords: Women; Anglo-Saxon; Æthelflæd; England

eBook

Published: November 6, 2023
ISBN: 9781501512421

Hardcover

Published: November 6, 2023
ISBN: 9781501517617