Etheldreda Tapa blanda - 1988

Etheldreda, Princess of East Anglia, Queen of Northumbria and Abbess of Ely, was a remarkable woman who lived in restless, violent times when old beliefs were dying and new ones were struggling to emerge. Pagan clashed with Christian as the seven kingdoms of the Germanic tribes warred against each other and against the native Celts. Occasionally an uneasy peace was bought by the skilful use of the 'diplomatic marriage', and twice Etheldreda, though vowed to chastity, submitted to marriage for political reasons. When her second husband refused to accept the 'arrangement' between them, she fled south to the Island of Ely.But this is not just the story of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint. It is about the general human struggle to comprehend the enigma of existence and to come to terms with Christ's God, faced as we are by a violent and cruel world.This edition also contains several pages of chronology, genealogy, place names, notes and a map.

Detalles

• Título Etheldreda
• Autor Moyra Caldecott
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Edición First American E
• Páginas 224
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Penguin Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Fecha de publicación November 1, 1988
• ISBN 9780140190212 / 014019021X
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC