The warrior queen

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The remarkable story of Myrcna hlæfdige, the Lady of the Mercians ‒ Alfred the Great’s daughter and the only female ruler of a kingdom in Anglo-Saxon history.



Æthelflæd, eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, has gone down in history as an enigmatic and almost legendary figure. To the popular imagination, she is the archetypal warrior queen, a Medieval Boudicca, renowned for her heroic struggle against the Danes and her independent rule of the Saxon Kingdom of Mercia. In fiction, however, she has also been cast as the mistreated wife who seeks a Viking lover, and struggles to be accepted as a female ruler in a patriarchal society. The sources from her own time, and later, reveal a more complex, nuanced and fascinating image of the ‘Lady of the Mercians’. A skilled diplomat who forged alliances with neighbouring territories, she was a shrewd and even ruthless leader willing to resort to deception and force to maintain her power. Yet she was also a patron of learning, who used poetic tradition and written history to shape her reputation as a Christian maiden engaged in an epic struggle against the heathen foe. The real Æthelflæd emerges as a remarkable political and military leader, admired in her own time, and a model of female leadership for writers of later generations.

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thelfl d eldest daughter of alfred the great has gone down in history as an enigmatic and almost legendary figure to the popular imagination she is the archetypal warrior queen a medieval boudicca renowned for her heroic struggle against the danes and her independent rule of the saxon kingd Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 mei 2018

Aantal pagina's: 288

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Joanna Arman

Hoofduitgeverij: Amberley Publishing

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 129 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 125 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 18 mm

Verpakking lengte: 197 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 253 g

EAN: 9781445682792

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