To prove that my binge of Netflix’s The Last Kingdom was solely academic, for today’s episode of Works Not Cited, I’m discussing the lives of Alfred the Great’s daughters; Aethelflaed, Aethelgifu, and Aelfthryth. Though hard to find in the historical record, each of them ascended to a position of authority- they were the sole Lady of the Mercians, Abbess of Shaftesbury, and Countess of Flanders, respectively- and took part in late 9th and early 10th century nation building.

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