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Æthelswith: The Mercian queen whose gold ring was unearthed by a Victorian ploughman
A thousand year old treasure unearthed a thousand miles from the body of the queen who had it made
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Æthelburh of Kent: The Queen who Converted a Kingdom?
A queen's role is often a diplomatic one
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Fastrada's coin: A new exciting discovery
A new discovery changes the way we think about two ninth century queens
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Coronations and Queen Consorts: An Early Medieval Invention
Special Coronation Edition of Ælfgif-who?
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Waldrada: The Woman Accused of Witchcraft during a Medieval Divorce Scandal
Ælfgif-who? Newsletter number 33
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Ælfgifu of Northampton: The English woman remembered as a tyrannical ruler of Norway
Ælfgif-who? Newsletter number 31
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Osburh: When is a king's wife not a queen?
Ælfgif-who? Newsletter number 30
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Raedwald's Queen or the Mound 14 Dowager: The Woman Responsible for the Burial at Sutton Hoo?
Ælfgif-who? Newsletter number 27
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Bebba: the queen who gave her name to the fort of Bebbanburg (Bamburgh, Northumbria)
Ælfgif-who? Newsletter number 26
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Æthelthryth, Part 2: A warrior saint who defended against Vikings and Normans with her sisters in arms
Ælfgif-who? Newsletter number 25
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Æthelthryth, Part 1: A Virgin Queen who Died and didn't Decompose
Ælfgif-who? Newsletter number 24
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Balthild: From Enslaved Captive to Powerful Queen
Ælfgif-who? Newsletter number 23
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