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Veiled Women: Volume II: Female Religious Communities in England, 871-1066

Veiled Women: Volume II: Female Religious Communities in England, 871-1066

There is no published account of the history of religious women in England before the Norman Conquest. Yet, female saints and abbesses, such as Hild of Whitby or Edith of Wilton, are among the most celebrated women recorded in Anglo-Saxon sources and their stories are of popular interest.

Sarah Foot

  • Routledge
  • 9781138250864
  • 288 pages
  • Hardback
  • United Kingdom