{"product_id":"9781913159665","title":"Etheldreda's World : Princess, Abbess, Saint by Dr.Charles Moseley","description":"By any standards, Etheldreda was a remarkable woman in a time of remarkable women. Far from being the wishy washy figure of so much stained glass, she was - had to be - a tough operator.   Great saints are not pushovers. She got her way.?She changed the map in the Not-Yet-England of her time (c. 636 AD-679 AD).   What was it like to be a Princess then, an Abbess in a land where the old gods were still honoured by many? What power did women in her position wield? What did it mean to be revered as a Saint?Dr Charles Moseley's lively account puts Etheldreda in context, painting a vivid picture which reveals what it was like to be a nun in those days, how marriage was viewed, what the countryside which these intrepid people crisscrossed looked like.   2023 marks 1350 years since St Etheldreda first established a monastery in Ely in AD 673. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have flocked to Ely Cathedral in her name and churches across the country have been named in her honour.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309298463093,"sku":"9781913159665","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781913159665.jpg?v=1762811210","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781913159665","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}