Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe
This book examines female lordship and the power of the political voice in medieval Northern Europe, focusing on three prominent, foreign-born queens of medieval Scandinavia - Agnes of Denmark (d. 1304), Eufemia of Norway (d. 1312) and Margareta of Denmark/Sweden (d. 1412) - who acted as cultural me...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2010, 2010
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| Series: | Queenship and Power
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book examines female lordship and the power of the political voice in medieval Northern Europe, focusing on three prominent, foreign-born queens of medieval Scandinavia - Agnes of Denmark (d. 1304), Eufemia of Norway (d. 1312) and Margareta of Denmark/Sweden (d. 1412) - who acted as cultural mediators and initiators of political change |
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| Physical Description: | 248 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230113022 |