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edition:
Authors: Stefany Wragg
serie: Lives of royal women
ISBN : 9780429320644, 1000595226
publisher:
publish year: 2022
pages: 303
language: English
ebook format : PDF (It will be converted to PDF, EPUB OR AZW3 if requested by the user)
file size: 17 MB
Cover Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgements Note on the Names Introduction: Speculum Reginae: Early English Queens, 650–850 What Was a Queen? Early England Kent Northumbria East Anglia Wessex Mercia Surrey Sussex Essex Northern European Queens Frankish Queenship Norse Queenship Sources Regnal Tables Overview of Chapters Notes 1 Christian Queens Queen of Heaven: Mary in The Advent Lyrics Queens as Saints Queens and Saints: Five Seventh-Century Queens Sister Saint: Seaxburh A Shrewd Negotiator: Domne Eafe Learning and Layers of Identity: Cuthburh Between the Lines: Osgyth An Exceptional Saint: Æthelthryth of Ely Other Christian Queens Eafe of Sussex Frithugyth of Wessex Conclusion Notes 2 Queens as Mothers A Model Mother: Elene An Exceptional Queen and Mother: Cynethryth of Mercia Slave, Queen, Mother, Saint: Balthild Saintly Mother, Saintly Daughter: Eormenhild Failed Mothers? Three Queens and Two Martyr Princes Ælfthryth and Cynehelm Cynethryth and Wigmund, Ælfflæd and Wigstan Mother, Teacher: Osburh Conclusion Notes 3 The Peaceweaver (FreoÐuwebbe): A Queenly Custom? The Theoretical Background Sister-swap: Ealhflæd and Cyneburh Unfinished Business: Osthryth of Mercia ‘A Tyrant After the Manner of Her Father’: Eadburh A Hypothetical Peaceweaver: Leofrun Conclusion Notes 4 The Voiceless Queens The Queens of Wihtred of Kent: Cynegyth, Æthelburh and Wærburh ‘I, Æthelthryth, Queen, Consent’ Nameless Mother of Saints: Anna’s Queen Echoes of Power: Cynewise, Seaxburh and Æthelburh Cynewise Seaxburh: A Queen Regent? Æthelburh What’s in a Name: Eormenburg and Eormengyth Eormenburg Eormengyth Conclusion Notes Conclusion Bibliography Index
