Women in Anglo-Saxon England and, The impact of 1066

Author(s)

• Fell, Christine E.
• Clark, Cecily
• Williams, Elizabeth

Bibliographic Information

Women in Anglo-Saxon England . and, The impact of 1066

by Christine Fell . by Cecily Clark and Elizabeth Williams

Blackwell, 1986, c1984

• : pbk

Other Title

The impact of 1066

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : British Museum Publications, c1984

Bibliography: p. 194-201

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This fully-illustrated study addresses the disputed roles of Anglo-Saxon women within medieval scholarship. Originally cast as the companions and equals of men, women have more recently appeared in Anglo-Saxon accounts as servants and slaves, habitually beaten, disregarded and abused. Re-examining an extensive range of source material including wills, charters, letters, chronicles, archaeological discoveries, place-names and poetry, Christine Fell resolves this contradiction locating the distortion and prejudice within past scholarship. Two concluding chapters examine the impact of the Norman Conquest which triggered a dramatic shift in this pattern of equality that extended beyond the social, economic and political position of women, and tainted the records of written history.

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Details

• NCID: BA00383934
• ISBN:
  • 0631149244
• LCCN: 85030625
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: 208 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1147.G7
  • DC19 : 305.4/2/0942
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
  • LCSH : Anglo-Saxons
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485