Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 8713
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Frese , Dolores Warwick.
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  • Title: Worda and Worca : "The Battle of Maldon" and the Lost Text of AElfflaed's Tapestry [The author trace similar narrative patterns in "The Battle of Maldon" and the Bayeux Tapestry. Frese suggests that they both may have drawn from AElfflaed's tapestry, described in the "Liber Eliensis," wihich celebrated the deeds of her husband, Byrhtnoth, who was killed at Maldon. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: Mediaevalia 17, ( 1994): Pages 27 - 51. (1994 (for 1991))
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Ælfflæd, Widow of Ealdorman Byrhtnoth Art History- Decorative Arts Battle of Maldon, Old English Poem Bayeux Tapestry Embroidery Literature- Verse Tapestries
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 10-11
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Notre Dame
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1994.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available