Etheldreda's World: Princess, Abbess, Saint

di Charles Moseley (Autore)

Merlin Unwin Books, 2023

By any standards, Etheldreda was a remarkable woman in a time of remarkable women. Far from being the wishy washy figure of so much stained glass, she was – had to be – a tough operator. Great saints are not pushovers. She got her way. She changed the map in the Not-Yet-England of her time (c. 636 AD-679 AD). What was it like to be a Princess then, an Abbess in a land where the old gods were still honoured by many? What power did women in her position wield? What did it mean to be revered as a Saint? Dr Charles Moseley's lively account puts Etheldreda in context, painting a vivid picture which reveals what it was like to be a nun in those days, how marriage was viewed, what the countryside which these intrepid people crisscrossed looked like. 2023 marks 1350 years since St Etheldreda first established a monastery in Ely in AD 673. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have flocked to Ely Cathedral in her name and churches across the country have been named in her honour.

• Autore: Charles Moseley
• Editore: Merlin Unwin Books
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 112 p.
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm
• Peso: 303 gr.
• EAN: 9781913159665

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