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Song of Hild

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This is a gritty, powerful story about the prominent role women played in the spread of Christianity in seventh-century Britain.Abbess Hild of Whitby was an extraordinary woman living in extraordinary times. In this exquisite translation of the #1 Danish bestselling novel Hildas sang, we are drawn into a world of dark dealings, powerful patriarchy and religious wrangling.In the political and religious upheavals of the seventh-century British Isles, tensions between the Danish-German invaders and native Celts mirror the power struggles masquerading as religious struggles that reverberate internationally today. In The Song of Hild we are brought face-to-face with the political manoeuvres of conflicting religions, the building of a double monastery, and the power exercised by the Church of Rome."a bestseller of great literary quality" - Ekstra Bladet (from a review of the original Danish edition)

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  • Sprache:
  • Englisch
  • ISBN:
  • 9781910519097
  • Einband:
  • Gebundene Ausgabe
  • Seitenzahl:
  • 622
  • Veröffentlicht:
  • 1. Oktober 2018
  • Abmessungen:
  • 229x152x38 mm.
  • Gewicht:
  • 1065 g.
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This is a gritty, powerful story about the prominent role women played in the spread of Christianity in seventh-century Britain.Abbess Hild of Whitby was an extraordinary woman living in extraordinary times. In this exquisite translation of the #1 Danish bestselling novel Hildas sang, we are drawn into a world of dark dealings, powerful patriarchy and religious wrangling.In the political and religious upheavals of the seventh-century British Isles, tensions between the Danish-German invaders and native Celts mirror the power struggles masquerading as religious struggles that reverberate internationally today. In The Song of Hild we are brought face-to-face with the political manoeuvres of conflicting religions, the building of a double monastery, and the power exercised by the Church of Rome."a bestseller of great literary quality" - Ekstra Bladet (from a review of the original Danish edition)

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