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The study of the role of women in the society of early medieval England, or Anglo-Saxon England, is a topic which includes literary, history and gender studies. Important figures in the history of studying early medieval women include Christine Fell , and Pauline Stafford .
Jackson Board of Education, 476 U.S. 267 (1986), was a case before the United States Supreme Court. It is the seminal case for the " strong-basis-in-evidence standard " for affirmative action programs.
2001. "Political women in Mercia, eighth to early tenth centuries." In Mercia. An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Europe, ed. M.P. Brown and C.A. Farr. London: Leicester University Press. 35–49. 1999. "Queens, nunneries and reforming churchmen. Gender, religious status and reform in tenth- and eleventh-century England." Past and Present 163: 3-35. 1997.
The 18th and 19th centuries saw significant growth in the establishment of girls' schools and women's colleges, particularly in Europe and North America. Legal reforms began to play a crucial role in shaping women's education, with laws being passed in many countries to make education accessible and compulsory for girls.
Germanic kingship provided a model for early Anglo-Saxon kings. Anglo-Saxons inherited the concept of sacred kingship. [13] The Old English word for king was cyning (' son of the kin '). [14] The term implied the king was part of a "specially selected kindred, divinely called to rule over a people".
'Nowell Codex', Cotton Vitellius A.x.v. 129 r. Dorothy Whitelock, CBE, FSA, FRHistS, FBA (11 November 1901 – 14 August 1982) was an English historian. From 1957 to 1969, she was the Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge. [1] Her best-known work is English Historical Documents, vol.
In modern times, the term "Anglo-Saxons" is used by scholars to refer collectively to the Old English speaking groups in Britain. As a compound term, it has the advantage of covering the various English-speaking groups on the one hand, and to avoid possible misunderstandings from using the terms "Saxons" or "Angles" (English), both of which terms could be used either as collectives referring ...
Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England covers the period from the end of Roman Britain in the 5th century until the Norman Conquest in 1066. It consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).