Why These Nuns Cut off Their Noses and Lips

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as thunder makes the ground quake. A fellow nun cries out: The Vikings are coming! Their torches burn like dragonfire,  ready to scorch the place to the ground. Those who try to run will get their  throats cut or be

taken away in chains. Your father, King Alfred of  Wessex, thought you'd be safe here. But now all you can do is pray: “Dear God, please send the  mightiest Viking hunter our way.” SURROUNDED It’s the late 9th century, a

terrible time to live  on the British coast, especially in a convent. For decades, the Vikings have come here to loot, and chapels full of golden  crosses are a welcome bounty. Some nuns try to fight back  by going full

barbarian. In one nunnery, sisters cut off their noses and   upper lips to scare the Vikings  off, but they keep coming back. King Alfred has spent years fighting the Vikings. Since taking the throne in 871, he  has watched them

conquer kingdom   after kingdom until nearly half of  England lies under their control. He won’t be able to keep his young nun daughter,  Aethelgifu, safe from the Vikings for long. His older daughter, Aethelflaed,   marries the lord of the neighboring 

kingdom of Mercia and joins the battle. The princess may not have  been raised to fight Vikings, but she’s about to become their worst nightmare. Bet these vikings have never seen a  princess in a tank – just look at

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first, Aethelflaed’s husband leads the fight. But when he falls ill around 902, Mercia  suddenly finds itself ruled by a woman. A lady leading a kingdom is unusual, but with  her land and younger sister still living in the shadow

of Viking raids, she is determined to  strike back by bringing out the heavy artillery. When the Vikings gather around the city of  Chester in 907, Aethelflaed’s soldiers greet them by pouring boiling water over  them to burn their flesh

and bones. As the invaders scream and stumble back, legend has it that Mercia’s soldiers  hurl beehives at them to secure the kill. While Aethelflaed crushes  the raiders in the north, her brother Edward, now king of  Wessex, is clearing

the south. They are the ultimate Viking-hunting  team, so when their enemies start creeping closer to their sister’s  abbey, they know exactly what to do. NUN SHALL PASS Years of poor health have left  Aethelgifu in no condition to run.

So her siblings decide to send  their forces to meet the Vikings. Their armies catch up with them near Tettenhall. The Viking-hunter siblings split their  formation to enclose the Norsemen, cutting off any hope of escape. All the raiders can

do is form a shield wall,  but Aethelflaed’s troops are relentless. They keep on pounding their exposed  heads until their skulls crack. Even the Nordic kings riding  with the formation aren’t spared. When the dust settles, one of the  strongest

Viking armies in England is gone. Not long after the battle, Aethelflaed’s  husband, the Lord of Mercia, dies. But that’s okay. By now, everyone knows who  is really leading the fight. RING OF FIRE To stop the invaders from pushing

farther  south and reaching her sister’s abbey, Aethelflaed builds fortified  towns at strategic locations, drawing a ring around Mercia  that no raider can break. For the next seven years,  Aethelflaed rules with an iron fist. When she’s not commanding soldiers

or fortresses, she’s securing alliances with the Irish  and Welsh to finish off her enemies. By 918, the Vikings know it's time to jump ship. Some raiders who have occupied York for  nearly half a century swear allegiance to her,

even willing to fight against her last  enemies and form part of her government. Btut before she can finish the conquest,  her heart of steel finally gives out. While her daughter is chosen  as the next Lady of Mercia, Aethelflaed’s

brother is done sharing his power  with a woman and takes away his niece’s crown. Some say she then spent the  rest of her days as a nun. The king may be trying to  erase Aethelflaed’s legacy, but monasteries see

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