The Warrior Queen: The Life and Legend of Aethelflaed, Daughter of Alfred the Great

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Joanna Arman

The Warrior Queen

The Life and Legend of Aethelflaed, Daughter of Alfred the Great

Joanna Arman

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Amberley Publishing
15 May 2018

Biography: historical, political & military; History; British & Irish history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500

AEthelflaed, eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, has gone down in history as an enigmatic and almost legendary figure. To the popular imagination, she is the archetypal warrior queen, a Medieval Boudicca, renowned for her heroic struggle against the Danes and her independent rule of the Saxon Kingdom of Mercia. In fiction, however, she has also been cast as the mistreated wife who seeks a Viking lover, and struggles to be accepted as a female ruler in a patriarchal society. The sources from her own time, and later, reveal a more complex, nuanced and fascinating image of the `Lady of the Mercians'. A skilled diplomat who forged alliances with neighbouring territories, she was a shrewd and even ruthless leader willing to resort to deception and force to maintain her power. Yet she was also a patron of learning, who used poetic tradition and written history to shape her reputation as a Christian maiden engaged in an epic struggle against the heathen foe. The real AEthelflaed emerges as a remarkable political and military leader, admired in her own time, and a model of female leadership for writers of later generations.

By: Joanna Arman
Imprint: Amberley Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 251g
ISBN: 9781445682792
ISBN 10: 1445682796
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 15 May 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Joanna Arman is currently a PhD Student at the University of Winchester, researching Women and Feudalism in the Late Middle-Ages. She retains an intense interest in and passion for the Anglo-Saxon period and chose AEthelflaed of Mercia, daughter of Alfred the Great, as the subject of her MA research. Her biography of AEthelflaed, Warrior Queen, is also published by Amberley.