Women in Anglo-Saxon England - Softcover

Fell, Christine E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631149244 ISBN 13: 9780631149248

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 1987

Synopsis

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0631149244
• ISBN 13: 9780631149248
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208