Fascinating book
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This is a fairly slim booklet, yet packed full of interesting stories and anecdotes about our Saxon ancestresses. I read this on a train trip down to London, and found myself wanting to do further research into the stories mentioned in the book. I particularly liked how the author does not over romanticise the stories or the women features in them, leaving the reader to draw her own conclusions from the tales.
Highly recommended for anyone studying the Saxons, or anyone studying women in history, myth or legend.
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Extremely informative
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It is difficult to come across good information on the roles of women in the Dark Ages but this book gives plenty for the reader to chew on. It is a specialised work but as general books on history tend to concentrate on politics and warfare this fills in a lot of the gaps for "everyday life" and dispells some of the myths that women were voiceless chattels of the husbands or lords.
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