Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo-Saxon EnglandMotherhood and Mothering in Anglo Saxon England sifts through the historical evidence to describe and analyze a world of violence and intrigue, where mothers needed to devise their own systems to protect, nurture, and teach their children. Mary Dockray Miller casts a maternal eye on Bede, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, and Beowulf to reveal mothers who created rituals, genealogies, and institutions for their children and themselves. Little known