Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe [electronic resource] /
Layher, W.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The royal families of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden -- Three nordic queens -- Sound, voice, and vox: the acoustics of the self in the Middle Ages -- "You Danes must do as I say-- ": Queen Agnes and the regicide of 1286 -- Voicing and legacy: Queen Eufemia of Norway -- Margareta of Denmark and the voice of identity -- Afterword: the queen's two voices.
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.
Margrete I, Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, 1353-1412.
Euphemia, Queen, consort of Haakon V, King of Norway, 1270-1319.
Agnes, Queen, consort of Eric V, King of Denmark, -1304.
Europe—History—476-1492.
Europe—History.
Sociology.
History, Modern.
Clinical psychology.
Social history.
History of Medieval Europe.
European History.
Gender Studies.
Modern History.
Clinical Psychology.
Social History.