Seaxburh of Wessex, ruled in own right 672-4 AD; only woman to appear in Anglo-Saxon regnal list. Pic=annal for 672: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_tiberius_a_vi_f008v …pic.twitter.com/wd3eMYJVFJ
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Seaxburh of Wessex, ruled in own right 672-4 AD; only woman to appear in Anglo-Saxon regnal list. Pic=annal for 672: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_tiberius_a_vi_f008v …pic.twitter.com/wd3eMYJVFJ
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, d. 918; described as Queen in Irish annals & briefly succeeded by daughter, Ælfwynn https://aethelflaedrises.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/irish-oral-history-and-folklore-about-aethelflaed-fascinating-paper/ …pic.twitter.com/RTyfZHEPDu
Procopius on a 6thC English princess who led an army overseas to the mouth of Rhine to punish her faithless fiancé: https://archive.org/stream/L217ProcopiusVHistoryOfTheWars7.368.GothicWar/L217-Procopius%20V%20History%20of%20the%20Wars%207.36-8.%20%28Gothic%20War%29#page/n263/mode/2up …
Queen Æthelburg of Wessex led an army to sack Taunton in 722 according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (annal for 722: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_tiberius_a_vi_f010v …)pic.twitter.com/LviPNfD8ng
7thC coin of Boran, the first woman to rule the Sasanian Empire; minted c.630 AD: http://british.museumblog.org/women-of-the-world/ … & http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3345960&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/LIncVKeY9m
Mid-10thC silver coin pendant imitating a dirham but w/ Christian cross+bird added, possibly issued by Olga of Kiev: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=65320&partId=1&object=21150&sortBy=&page=66 …pic.twitter.com/7gOfaqI47k
I've heard the "fish" being used as a Christian symbol, but not a bird. What is this bird & story behind it? Thank you!
on this coin the bird is thought to be a dove representing the Holy Spirit. Could also be an eagle (St John)?
Or, on another interpretation, a falcon of Freyja...https://www.academia.edu/20315581/Where_Did_Rus_Grand_Princess_Olga_s_Falcon_Find_Its_Cross …
Yes, this seems to make more sense.
Thank you Dr. Green 
My pleasure :)
It is rumoured that she was so admired was because she was a deity worshipped in Louth!
Wow! These are lovely and fantastic thank-you for sharing! Hayley ^_^
Wait now for the Offas' ,"dyke," comments, it's the times y'know (shakes head, walks away slowly,kicks stone)
Gotta keep out those Welsh terrorists! With their drugs and their rapists.
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