Collective Biographies of WomenAn Annotated Bibliography
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Hall, Mrs. Matthew. Lives of the Queens of England Before the Norman Conquest. 2 vols. New York: Miller, 1843. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1854. New York: Miller; Worthington, 1859. Boston: Brown, Taggard, & Chase, 1859; Brown, 1862; Taggard & Thompson, 1863; 1864; Thompson, Bigelow & Brown, 1871. As: The Queens Before the Conquest. London: Colburn; Hurst & Blackett, 1854. To complement Strickland, “to search amid dusty and worm-eaten records for details illustrative of the vast mine of history.” Woman's “influence” has “thrown a bright light over the dark history of the first eleven centuries of our annals” (ix). TOC: Cartismandua; Boadicea, “The Warlike”; Gwenissa the Fair, Julia “Domina”; Victoria, Viturgia, and Hunila; St. Helena; Cartandis; Helena Ap Eudda; Rowena; Guenever I; Guenever II; Guenever III; Bertha; Ethelburga “The Silent” and Enfleda; St. Ebba, Quenburga, Surnamed “Bebba” and Saxburga; Ostrida and Werburga; Quenburga, Quenswitha, and Alfleda; Hereswytha, Sexburga, Etheldreda, Ermenberga, and Ermenilda; Domneva; Ethelburga and Fridogitha; Quendrida-Petronilla; Eadburga, Elfeda; Quenrida II; Osburga and Ethelswytha; Judith of France; Elswitha, Ethelfleda; Edwina, Elfleda, Edgifa, and Elfgifa; Ethelgiva; Elfrida; Emma of Normandy; Editha the “Good”; Editha “the Fair.”. Search OCLC WorldCat for this title. Search Google Books for this title. |