Author: Brown, Mary Gifford
Title: An Illuminated Chronicle - Some Light On The Dark Ages Of Saint Milburga's Lifetime
Description: Bath University Press, 1990, 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, F/F. xii+110pp, b/w frontis, 13 b/w illustrations, bookplate, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0861971086 ¶ A study of the Monastic foundation at Much Wenlock the life of its founder, Saint Milburga. In particular the book looks at the role played by the Kings of Mercia in the 7th & 8th centuries and also that of the daughters of Royal families many of whom were encouraged to become abbesses.

Keywords: ISBN 0861971086, medieval history, hagiography, monasticism, dark ages, biography 0861971086