Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe

By William Layher

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230104657
• ISBN13: 9780230104655
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"