Wynflæd was an independent woman who owned several estates outright, one being Coleshill, Berkshire, the object of my hike this episode. She was a good indicator, in the record, of some sexual equality in the Early Medieval period (Dark Ages). But there were some important indications of quite horrible inequality, noticably the explicit references to slavery and slaves in her will. #coleshill #berkshire #wynflæd #wynflaed #slavery
These history walk videos are about the English landscape in and around the south west of England (though I make the odd foray into Wales). I often use ancient charters (such as Saxon charters) to give me insight into the way the landscape was viewed in the past.
But it is not the Saxons that interest me the mostv (though they do) but the prehistoric world and its ancient monuments, trackways and ditches.
#Archaeology #oldenglishcharters #antiquarians #historywalks #britishhistory
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