Boudica

Boudica (probably pronounced /bɒʊˈdiːka:/ ; spelled variously Boudicca, Boadicea, Bodicea, Boudicea, and variants thereof) was a queen in Eastern Britain who led a local uprising against Roman occupying forces. She is frequently cited as a "woman warrior".

Fictional representations and other allusions

• "Boudica" (2003 historical film; "Warrior Queen" in the US)
• "Warrior Queen" (1978 historical TV series)
• "Boadicea" (1928 historical film)
• "The Deliverer", a Xena: Warrior Princess episode 3x04 (1997); Boadica played by Jennifer Ward-Lealand
• Mary Mackey, The People of the Horse (1987)
• Rosemary Sutcliff, Song for a Dark Queen (1978 YA historical fiction)
• Harry Turtledove, Ruled Britannia (alternate history; Boudica is the subject of a Shakespearean commission)
• Alice Borchardt's Tales of Guinevere series - Guinevere is a matrilineal descendant of Boudica
• "Witchblade" comic book series DC; historic backstory is that the witchblade was wielded by Boudicca back in the day
• "Demon Killer" and "Queen of Witches" (1993-94) arcs in "Sláine" series in "2000 AD" comic were a rewrite of Boudica
• "From Hell" - Boudica's defeat described as a the final triumph of the patriarchy
• "Ghosts of Albion" created by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden - Bodicea is one of the ghost defenders
• Boadicea's Books, a Kensington, CA, women's bookstore (closed circa 2003)
• "History Bites" episode "Xena's Evil Sister" (History Bites was a 1998-2004 historical sketch comedy TV series)

References

• "Warrior Women" episode 5 Discovery Channel documentary
• "Warrior Queen Boudica" (2006 History International Channel documentary)
• "Battlefield Britain" (2004 BBC documentary)