The Classics of Acadia

Correcting Bede's Corrector? A Runic Note in the Margins of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge MS 41

“…20 The claim that Balthild maintained a connection with her royal English roots, perhaps one of the reasons why Wilfrid is said to have been spared because of his nationality when his patron was martyred, gained some credence with the discovery of a gold seal matrix in a field outside Norwich, bearing the name Baldehildis. 21 The object is certainly a high status Frankish artefact, and has been dated to the seventh century, 22 though it is unclear whether or not it represents the personal seal of this 'unusually well-documented figure'. 23 Nevertheless, it is certain that Balthild and the important nunnery at Chelles are 'pieces of English history as well as of Frankish', Hilda of Whitby herself spending time at this continental establishment, and the exchange between Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and Neustria continuing throughout later centuries.…”