The Literary Women of England: Including a Biographical Epitome of All the Most Eminent to the Year 1700; and Sketches of the Poetesses to the Year 1850; with Extracts from Their Works, and Critical RemarksSaunders, Otley, 1861 - 564 pages |
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... daughter , Ethelfleda , inherited her father's high qualities - moral , mental , and martial . She probably shared the same advantages of education as her brother Ethelwerd and her sister Ethelswitha , of whom Asser records that they ...
... daughter , Ethelfleda , inherited her father's high qualities - moral , mental , and martial . She probably shared the same advantages of education as her brother Ethelwerd and her sister Ethelswitha , of whom Asser records that they ...
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... daughter of Earl Godwin , and the wife of King Edward the Confessor , was a woman of cul- tivated mind , and well acquainted with books . Ingulphus , or the pseudo - historian of Croyland , relates , that in his boyhood , when visiting ...
... daughter of Earl Godwin , and the wife of King Edward the Confessor , was a woman of cul- tivated mind , and well acquainted with books . Ingulphus , or the pseudo - historian of Croyland , relates , that in his boyhood , when visiting ...
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... daughter of Malcolm III . , King of Scotland , niece of Edgar Atheling , and first wife of King Henry I. of England , “ had given her attention to literature , being educated from her infancy among the nuns at Wilton and Romsey . " + He ...
... daughter of Malcolm III . , King of Scotland , niece of Edgar Atheling , and first wife of King Henry I. of England , “ had given her attention to literature , being educated from her infancy among the nuns at Wilton and Romsey . " + He ...
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... daughters of John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster , were the first Englishwomen who knew how to write ; and Johanna of Navarre , his daughter - in - law , widow of John , sixth Duke of Bretagne , and second wife of King Henry IV . of ...
... daughters of John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster , were the first Englishwomen who knew how to write ; and Johanna of Navarre , his daughter - in - law , widow of John , sixth Duke of Bretagne , and second wife of King Henry IV . of ...
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... daughter of Sir James Berners , of Berners Roding , in the county of Essex , and sister to Richard Lord Berners , was , in the year 1460 , and for many years afterwards , Prioress of Sopewell Nunnery . She is said to have been a learned ...
... daughter of Sir James Berners , of Berners Roding , in the county of Essex , and sister to Richard Lord Berners , was , in the year 1460 , and for many years afterwards , Prioress of Sopewell Nunnery . She is said to have been a learned ...
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