WOMEN PRESENTATION

Queen

Æthelflæd

Died

The life before be married

The life after be married

Period of maximum success

Catholicism

Sitography

The development

Childhood

INDEX

3.

4.

2.

1.

The development of Æthelflæd

The life before be married

At 15 years, while traveling to Mercia to marry, his convoy was attacked by Danes.Daughter of Alfred the Great, he was sovereign of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, today venerated as a saint by the Catholic Churc and the Anglican Churc.

Sister

Brother

Æthelweard

Elfrida of Wessex

Brother

Sister

Æthelgifu

Edward the Elder

Mother

Ealhswith

Father

Alfred the Great

Altheflead

• This marriage was essential to safeguard against Norse attacks from northern Britain

• Elthefleda began to actively participate in the diplomatic life of her kingdom.

Queen

After be married

917 A.D.

918 A.D.

916 A.D.

Death

Conquest of Derby

911 A.D.

Conflict with Brycheiniog

Lady of the Mercians

Period of maximum success of Æaethelflaed

She had an excellent education thanks to her father's educational reforms.

What we know about her childhood and adolescence?- She and her family followed her father during exile in the countryside, - living on the move in sparse military camps, - under constant threat of Viking attacks.

CHILDHOOD

Catholicism affirms the existence of one God in three distinct persons:- Father,- Son- Holy SpiritGod is the creator of universe and giver of life and good. The meaning of the word Catholicism conforms to the doctrine of the Roman Church.

CATholicism

- tamworth, 12 june 918 a.D.

She died at her royal residence;After her body was transported 75 miles to be interred in the church of St. Oswald.After her, her daughter, Aelfwynn, ascended the throne, deposed shortly after by her maternal uncle Edward the Elder, definitively incorporating Mercia into the kingdom of Wessex.

DIED

VIDEO PRESENTATION

trailer film

VIDEO PRESENTATION

TRAILER FILM

Link to the document

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelgifu,_Abbess_of_Shaftesbury

• https://tech.everyeye.it/notizie/ethelfleda-regina-anglo-sassone-sconfisse-vichinghi-479613.html

• Aethelflaed, Signora di Mercia: la regina guerriera dimenticata della Gran Bretagna (historycollection.com)

• Æthelflæd (Aethelflaed), Signora dei Merciani (historic-uk.com)

• Aethelflaed, signora dei Merci, sovrano sassone (greelane.com)

• https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelfleda

• https://www.vanillamagazine.it/aethelflaed-leggendaria-regina-guerriera-di-mercia/amp/

Sitography

Æthelflæd

Queen

THAnkSfor the attention!BY ANNA, ANNA, NOEMI,FRANCESCA AND EMMA