{"product_id":"queen-emma-and-queen-edith-9780631227380","title":"Queen Emma and Queen Edith","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Important study of women and power in medieval England.  * Sets biographical study of two early English queens in social and political context.  * Draws on latest research in womena s and feminist history as anthropology.  * Provides insights into structure of medieval rule. .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403446919511,"sku":"9780631227380","price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631227380.jpg?v=1730483498","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/queen-emma-and-queen-edith-9780631227380","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}