Peace-weavers and Shield-maidens

Peace-weavers and Shield-maidens
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Download or read book Peace-weavers and Shield-maidens written by Kathleen Herbert and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 chronicles and how they come alive in heroic verse and jokes.


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