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Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo-Saxon England
M. Dockray-Miller
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Description for Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo-Saxon England
Hardcover. Series: The New Middle Ages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 375.
Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo-Saxon England sifts through the historical evidence to describe and analyze a world of violence and intrigue, where mothers needed to devise their own systems to protect, nurture, and teach their children. Mary Dockray-Miller casts a maternal eye on Bede, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Beowulf to reveal mothers who created rituals, genealogies, and institutions for their children and themselves. Little-known historical figures - queens, abbesses, and other noblewomen - used their power in court and convent to provide education, medical care, and safety for their children, showing us that mothers of a thousand years ago and ... Read more
Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo-Saxon England sifts through the historical evidence to describe and analyze a world of violence and intrigue, where mothers needed to devise their own systems to protect, nurture, and teach their children. Mary Dockray-Miller casts a maternal eye on Bede, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Beowulf to reveal mothers who created rituals, genealogies, and institutions for their children and themselves. Little-known historical figures - queens, abbesses, and other noblewomen - used their power in court and convent to provide education, medical care, and safety for their children, showing us that mothers of a thousand years ago and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Language
English
Condition
New
Series
The New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
161
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312227210
SKU
V9780312227210
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99-15
About M. Dockray-Miller
Mary Dockray-Miller teaches English in the College of Advancing Studies at Boston College.
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