Queen Emma and Queen Edith
Queenship and Women's Power in Eleventh-Century England
1. Edition April 2001
384 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-22738-0
John Wiley & Sons
Through 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.
List of Figures.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Part I: The Stories. .
Prologue.
1. Emma and Edith in the Narratives of the Eleventh Century.
2. Emma's and Edith's Narratives.
Part II: The Structures. .
3. The Faces of the Queen.
4. Family: Structures and Ideals.
5. Household, Land and Patronage.
6. Queen and Queenship.
7. The Fluctuating Power of the Queen: Witnessing and
Identities.
Part III: The Lives. .
8. Emma.
9. Edith.
Appendix I The Lands and Revenues of Edith in Domesday Book.
Appendix II Emma's and Edith's Household Followers.
Appendix III Genealogical Tables.
Bibliography.
Index.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Part I: The Stories. .
Prologue.
1. Emma and Edith in the Narratives of the Eleventh Century.
2. Emma's and Edith's Narratives.
Part II: The Structures. .
3. The Faces of the Queen.
4. Family: Structures and Ideals.
5. Household, Land and Patronage.
6. Queen and Queenship.
7. The Fluctuating Power of the Queen: Witnessing and
Identities.
Part III: The Lives. .
8. Emma.
9. Edith.
Appendix I The Lands and Revenues of Edith in Domesday Book.
Appendix II Emma's and Edith's Household Followers.
Appendix III Genealogical Tables.
Bibliography.
Index.
There is much learning, originality and, indeed, entertainment in
Pauline Stafford's Queen Emma and Queen Edith...This book
develops a most interesting subject with learning and insight which
illuminate the period as a whole." (English Historical
Review)
"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." (History)
"The stories of Queen Emma and Queen Edith are satisfyingly rich
in the telling in Pauline Stafford's latest book, Queen Emma and
Queen Edith. The sources which provide these riches are varied
and Stafford's use of them masterly." (Parergon)
"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." (Times Higher Education
Supplement)
"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 (and
tenth) century in England." (Gender and History)
"(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." (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford: The Brown
Book)
Pauline Stafford's Queen Emma and Queen Edith...This book
develops a most interesting subject with learning and insight which
illuminate the period as a whole." (English Historical
Review)
"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." (History)
"The stories of Queen Emma and Queen Edith are satisfyingly rich
in the telling in Pauline Stafford's latest book, Queen Emma and
Queen Edith. The sources which provide these riches are varied
and Stafford's use of them masterly." (Parergon)
"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." (Times Higher Education
Supplement)
"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 (and
tenth) century in England." (Gender and History)
"(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." (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford: The Brown
Book)
Pauline Stafford was born and educated in Leeds and received
her first degree and doctorate from Oxford University. She now
holds a personal Chair at the University of Huddersfield. She is
author of numerous articles on early English history, and on the
history of early medieval women. Her previous books include
Queens, Concubines and Dowagers (1983) and Unification
and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the
Tenth and Eleventh Centuries (1989). She was consultant editor
of The Biographical Dictionary of British Women (1996) and
is a member of the editorial Collective of Gender &
History. She is married with three children.
her first degree and doctorate from Oxford University. She now
holds a personal Chair at the University of Huddersfield. She is
author of numerous articles on early English history, and on the
history of early medieval women. Her previous books include
Queens, Concubines and Dowagers (1983) and Unification
and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the
Tenth and Eleventh Centuries (1989). She was consultant editor
of The Biographical Dictionary of British Women (1996) and
is a member of the editorial Collective of Gender &
History. She is married with three children.