num_pages: 64
description: An account of the earliest Englishwomen; the part they played in the making of England, what they did in peace and war, the impressions they left in Britain and on the continent, how they were recorded in the chronicles and how they came alive in heroic verse and riddles.
language: English
title: Peace-Weavers and Shield Maidens: Women in Early English Society
publisher: Anglo-Saxon Books