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Etheldreda, Princess of East Anglia, Queen of Northumbria and
Abbess of Ely, was a remarkable woman who lived in restless,
violent times not unlike our own, when old beliefs were dying and
new ones were struggling to emerge. Pagan clashed with Christian as
the seven kingdoms of the Germanic tribes warred against each other
and against the native Celts. Occasionally an uneasy peace was
bought by the skilful use of the 'diplomatic marriage', and twice
Etheldreda, though vowed to chastity, submitted to marriage for
political reasons. When her second husband refused to accept the
'arrangement' between them, she fled south, her escape to the
Island of Ely apparently aided by storms that intervened on her
behalf. She lived only a few years as abbess of the religious
community she founded at Ely before dying of plague. Ever since,
pilgrims have turned to her for miracles of help and healing. But
this is not just the story of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint.
It is about the general human struggle to comprehend the enigma of
existence and to come to terms with Christ's God, faced as we are
by a violent and cruel world. It is about the periods when we give
up the struggle, reverting either to the darkest negativity or to
superstition - and the rare but wonderful periods when we are
lifted high by the inrush of spiritual certainty. This edition also
contains several pages of chronology, genealogy, place names, notes
and a map.
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