The Abbess of Coldingham Monastery self-mutilating to avoid rape by Viking invaders, 1773
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The Abbess of Coldingham Monastery self-mutilating to avoid rape by Viking invaders, 1773
The Abbess of Coldingham Monastery cutting of her nose & upper lip as an example for her Nuns to follow, to prevent being ravished by the Danes, 1773. Aebbe of Coldingham (died 870), best known for an act of self-mutilation to avoid rape by Viking invaders. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). From " A New and Complete History of England, From the Earliest Period of Authentic Intelligence to the Present Time", by Temple Sydney. [J. Cooke, London, 1773]
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