Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship [electronic resource] /
Tolhurst, F.author.
Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship provides the first feminist analysis of the part of The History of the Kings of Britain that most readers overlook: the reigns before and after Arthur's.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship; 1 Re-reading Empress Matilda as a Female King; 2 Geoffrey's History as Preparation for a Female King; 3 Undermining and Degrading Female Kingship in the First Variant and Wace's roman de Brut; 4 Delegitimizing and Erasing Female Kingship in the "Epistola Warino Britoni," the Chronica majora , and Laamon's Brut; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship provides the first feminist analysis of the part of The History of the Kings of Britain that most readers overlook: the reigns before and after Arthur's.
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154.
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
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