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Ælfgif-who?
by Florence H R Scott
Biographies of early medieval English women florencehrs.substack.com
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The Oakington Women: A matriarchal medieval society
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Good news! You can read my PhD thesis for free here. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Content note: This newsletter contains mentions of infant…
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Gunhild: A Victim of Medieval Ethnic Cleansing?
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Good news! You can read my PhD thesis for free here. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Gunhild: A Victim of Medieval Ethnic Cleansing? Exploring the...
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On the eve of Blotmonath, the month of animal sacrifice
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. On the eve of Blotmonath, the month of animal sacrifice In northern Europe, Halloween occurs when the days are...
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How 'English' is Saint George?
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. How 'English' is Saint George? The real history of England’s patron saint Today is the feast of Saint George,...
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Eostre: Pagan fertility goddess or complete fabrication?
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Eostre: Pagan fertility goddess or complete fabrication? It’s often said that the modern celebration of Easter is...
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Burginda: An early medieval English woman well-versed in African poetry
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Burginda: An early medieval English woman well-versed in African poetry A copy of a woman’s letter survives in an...
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Æthelswith: The Mercian queen whose gold ring was unearthed by a Victorian ploughman
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Æthelswith: The Mercian queen whose gold ring was unearthed by a Victorian ploughman Florence H R Scott In 1870, a...
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Æthelburh of Kent: The Queen who Converted a Kingdom?
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Æthelburh of Kent: The Queen who Converted a Kingdom Long term Ælfgif-who? readers might remember Queen Bertha, a...
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Fastrada's coin: A new exciting discovery
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. The first ever Ælfgif-who? newsletter was about one of my favourite lesser-known medieval queens: Cynethryth, who...
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Coronations and Queen Consorts: An Early Medieval Invention
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Coronations and Queen Consorts: An Early Medieval Invention You might have heard that there will be a ceremony...
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Waldrada: The Woman Accused of Witchcraft during a Medieval Divorce Scandal
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Today Ælfgif-who? subscribers are in for an unexpected treat. While my expertise is women who lived in early...
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Eadburg: A manuscript mystery come to light
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Eadburg: A manuscript mystery come to light A conversation with University of Leicester PhD student Jessica...
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Ælfgifu of Northampton: The English woman remembered as a tyrannical ruler of Norway
Ælfgifu of Northampton married Cnut during his father Swein’s conquest of England, which began in 1013. She was part of a prominent but rebellious Mercian family, the daughter of the Ealdorman of Northumbria Ælfhelm and his wife Wulfrune. Ælfhelm had been murdered, apparently by King Æthelred, in...
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Osburh: When is a king's wife not a queen?
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Osburh: When is a king’s wife not a queen? Osburh, who lived in the first half of the ninth century, was the…
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The Trumpington Girl: Buried in her bed
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. The Trumpington Girl: Buried in her bed Sometime in the late seventh century, a teenage girl died. She had been in chronic ill health for some time before she passed away, perhaps since early childhood. A high-status member…
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Wynflaed: A Whole Life Recorded on One Piece of Parchment
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Wynflaed: A Whole Life Recorded on One Piece of Parchment In the archives of the British Library is a single sheet...
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Raedwald's Queen or the Mound 14 Dowager: The Woman Responsible for the Burial at Sutton Hoo?
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Raedwald's Queen or the Mound 14 Dowager: The Woman Responsible for the Burial at Sutton Hoo? For the first time…
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Bebba: the queen who gave her name to the fort of Bebbanburg (Bamburgh, Northumbria)
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Bebba: The queen who gave her name to the fort of Bebbanburg (Bamburgh, Northumbria) In his Ecclesiastical…
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Æthelthryth, Part 2: A warrior saint who defended against Vikings and Normans with her sisters in arms
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Æthelthryth, Part 2: A warrior saint who slaughtered Vikings and Normans with her sisters-in-arms...
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Æthelthryth, Part 1: A Virgin Queen who Died and didn't Decompose
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Æthelthryth, Part 1: A Virgin Queen who Died and Didn’t Decompose Last month we learned that...
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Balthild: From Enslaved Captive to Powerful Queen
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Balthild: From Enslaved Captive to Powerful Queen Some Ælfgif-who biographies have been…
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Eadburh: The Truth about the 'Wicked Queen' who Poisoned her Husband
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Eadburh: The Truth about the ‘Wicked Queen’ who Poisoned her Husband According to King Alfred’s biographer Asser,...
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Wait, Saint Æthelgif-who? The real history of two medieval women revived in 21st century political discourse
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Wait, Saint Æthelgif-who? The real history of two medieval women revived in 21st century political...
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Æthelgifu and Ælfgifu: A Mother and Daughter Embroiled in a Medieval Sex Scandal
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Æthelgifu and Ælfgifu: A Mother and Daughter Embroiled in a Medieval Sex Scandal The Life of Saint...
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Eadgifu: The Queen who Outlasted Five Kings
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Eadgifu: The Queen who Outlasted Five Kings Queen Eadgifu, third wife of Edward the Elder, had a...
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Eadburga: A Scribe and Poet who wrote in Gold Ink with a Silver Pen
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Eadburga: A Scribe and Poet who wrote in Gold Ink with a Silver Pen In newsletter number 16 we...
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Edith: Wife of Sihtric, Viking King of York
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Edith: Wife of Sihtric, Viking King of York When Lady Æthelflaed’s daughter Ælfwyn was deposed as...
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Saint Leoba: Leading figure in the Christianisation of Germany
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Content note: Reference to infanticide. Saint Leoba: Leading figure in the Christianisation of...
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Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland: A Life Shaped by Conquest
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland: A Life Shaped by Conquest The eleventh century in England was a...
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Saint Eanswith: First Abbess of Folkestone, Found After 1400 Years
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Saint Eanswith: First Abbess of Folkestone, Found After 1400 Years Eanswith (or Eanswythe) was a...
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Emma, Part 2: A Queen Mother of England Twice Over (1035-52)
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Emma, Part 2: A Queen Mother of England Twice Over (1035-52) Queen Emma cuts such an important...
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Emma, Part 1: A Queen of England Twice Over (c.980-1035)
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Emma, Part 1: A Queen of England Twice Over (c.980-1035) Queen Emma cuts such an important figure…
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Saint Bega: Begu, Heiu, Beyu or beag? A legendary Irish saint who may have been many women... or a bracelet
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Saint Bega: Begu, Heiu, Beyu or beag? A legendary Irish saint who may have been many women... or a...
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Gundrada de Warenne: Landowner before and after the Norman Conquest
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Gundrada de Warenne: Landowner before and after the Norman Conquest Gundrada was born in the...
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Bertha: A Christian Queen Instrumental in Converting her Kingdom
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Bertha: A Christian Queen Instrumental in Converting her Kingdom Bertha, a queen of Kent in the…
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Hild of Whitby: Politician, Religious Leader, Teacher, Saint
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Hild of Whitby: Politician, Religious Leader, Teacher, Saint Hild (also known as Hilda, a modern...
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Hugeburc: The Earliest English Woman Writer, Who Hid her Identity in a Secret Code
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Hugeburc: The Earliest English Woman Writer, Who Hid her Identity in a Secret Code In 1931, a...
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Æthelflaed and Ælfwyn: The Women who Ruled Mercia in the Viking Age
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Æthelflaed and Ælfwyn: The Women who Ruled Mercia in the Viking Age Æthelflaed was born in the…
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Judith: The First Crowned and Anointed Queen of Wessex... At Twelve Years Old
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Judith: The First Crowned and Anointed Queen of Wessex… At Twelve Years Old Judith, the daughter…
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The North Elmham and Fairford Women: Two Black Women in Tenth-Century England
Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women every two weeks. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. The North Elmham and Fairford Women: Two Black Women in Tenth-Century England: Two female…
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Godgifu: The Bare Truth Behind the Lady Godiva Legend
Godgifu: The Bare Truth Behind the Lady Godiva Legend Many of you will be familiar with the legend of Lady Godiva, a medieval noblewoman who rode through the streets of Coventry naked, covered only by her long hair. The story goes that Godiva’s greedy husband was exacting punitive taxes on the...
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Breguswith: Bede's story of Portents and Pendants
Ælfgif-who? is a newsletter and podcast about the lives of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent. Breguswith: Portents and Pendants Breguswith, who lived in the seventh century, was the mother of...
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Cynethryth: Mercia's Forgotten Queen?
Ælfgif-who? is a newsletter and podcast about the lives of early medieval English women. Cynethryth: Mercia’s Forgotten Queen? Cynethryth, the queen of King Offa of Mercia, flourished in the period 770-98, though her exact birth and death dates are uncertain. She was one of England’s most...
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Biographies of early medieval English women
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