{"product_id":"queen-emma-and-queen-edith-queenship-and-womens-power-in-eleventh-century-england-paperback-softback-9780631227380","title":"Queen Emma and Queen Edith; Queenship and Women's Power in Eleventh-Century England (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631227380","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eQueen Emma and Queen Edith\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eQueenship and Women's Power in Eleventh-Century England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePauline Stafford (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631227380, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 April 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.572 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThere is much learning, originality and, indeed, entertainment in Pauline Stafford's \u003ci\u003eQueen Emma and Queen Edith\u003c\/i\u003e...This book develops a most interesting subject with learning and insight which illuminate the period as a whole.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It provides fascinating insights into medieval family structures, the manipulation of saints' cults, the nature of royal estates and patronage, to name but a few of its themes. Anyone who wants to understand the power structures of the early Middle Ages will want to read it.\" (\u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The stories of Queen Emma and Queen Edith are satisfyingly rich in the telling in Pauline Stafford's latest book, \u003ci\u003eQueen Emma and Queen Edith.\u003c\/i\u003e The sources which provide these riches are varied and Stafford's use of them masterly.\" (\u003ci\u003eParergon\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Readable and learned, it is an admirable illustration of the way in which gender studies may be used to enrich understanding of the whole history of a period.\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It will become an indispensable tool on undergraduate courses dealing with gender, power and politics in the middle ages ... It also represents a clear, elegantly written and meticulously documented contribution to the study of the eleventh (\u003ci\u003eand tenth\u003c\/i\u003e) century in England.\" (\u003ci\u003eGender and History\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"(Stafford) has used her two queens to suggest a great deal, not only about queens and court politics in eleventh-century England but also about the society and politics of a whole period of west European history.\" (\u003ci\u003eLady Margaret Hall, Oxford: The Brown Book\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThrough detailed study of these women the author demonstrates the integral place of royal queens in the rule of the English kingdom and in the process of unification by which England was made.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Stories.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Emma and Edith in the Narratives of the Eleventh Century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Emma's and Edith's Narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Structures.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Faces of the Queen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Family: Structures and Ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Household, Land and Patronage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Queen and Queenship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Fluctuating Power of the Queen: Witnessing and Identities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Lives.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Emma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Edith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I The Lands and Revenues of Edith in Domesday Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix II Emma's and Edith's Household Followers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix III Genealogical Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460701516056,"sku":"9780631227380","price":35.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631227380.jpg?v=1785458982","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/queen-emma-and-queen-edith-queenship-and-womens-power-in-eleventh-century-england-paperback-softback-9780631227380","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}