BBC6 年
Gloucester funeral procession honours Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians
A mock funeral procession has taken place in Gloucester to mark the 1,100th anniversary of the death of Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians. She led armies against the Vikings and the Welsh and is ...
Cambridge University Press10 年
Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England
Æthelflæd was the daughter of Alfred, king of Wessex, and wife of Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia. She was unusual in being a female politician and warleader, but she was also representative of her ...