Peace-Weavers and Shield Maidens: Women in Early English Society

by Kathleen Herbert

Paperback, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

305.409420902

Collection

Publication

Anglo-Saxon Books (1997), 64 pages

Description

An account of the earliest Englishwomen; the part they played in the making of England, what they did in peace and war, the impressions they left in Britain and on the continent, how they were recorded in chronicles and how they come alive in heroic verse and jokes.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Lindsay
Very interesting and persuasive. Sometimes the evidence seems a bit tenuous, but perhaps I'm just overly cynical.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

64 p.; 6.48 inches

ISBN

1898281114 / 9781898281115

Local notes

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