Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe
Description
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.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeMedievalSocial ScienceGender StudiesModernPsychologyClinical PsychologySocial History
2010Book
Author(s)William Layher
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230104655
LanguageEnglish
