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Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo-Saxon England (The New Middle Ages)

By Mary Dockray-Miller

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0312227213, 9780312227210, 9780312299637
Open Library ID
OL16967893M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
597 kB (611037 bytes)
Pages
176\176
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Аме

Description

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 mothers of today had many of the same goals and aspirations.

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