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Overview
The Encomium Emmae Reginae is a political tract in praise, as its title suggests, of Queen Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy, wife of King Ethelred the Unready from 1002 to 1016, and wife of the Danish conqueror King Cnut from 1017 to 1035. It is an important primary source which transports us into the heart of eleventh century politics. This edition contains a new introduction which places the Encomium in the historical context in which it was written, and traces the career of Emma, a woman who was twice queen and who sought to preserve her position of power as queen-mother.Book Details
Published
August 13, 1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
264
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780521623070