sixteenth-century reliquary in attempts of saving it from destruction during the French Revolution. Footnotes References Further reading J.L. Nelson, "Queens as Jezebels: the careers of Brunhild and Balthild in Merovingian history" Medieval Women, D. Baker, ed. (1978) pp 31–77. Alexander Callander Murray, ed. From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader (in series Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures), 1999. Chapter 14 ""Sanctity and politics in the time of Balthild and her sons" External links ; also Société Internationale pour l'Etude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime:Bathildis (French) "Balthild seal matrix", Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service. Detailed biography of Saint Bathildis Vita Sanctae Bathildis Official hagiography in translated to English 620s births 680 deaths Year of birth uncertain Burgundian queens consort Anglo-Saxon royalty East Anglian saints Anglo-Saxon slaves Christian royal saints Merovingian dynasty 7th-century English women 7th-century women rulers Christian female saints of the Middle Ages 7th-century English people 7th-century Frankish saints French abolitionists English abolitionists Eastern Orthodox royal saints Colombanian saints Christian abolitionists 7th-century Frankish women Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis