England in Europe : English royal women and literary patronage, c.1000-c.1150

England in Europe English royal women and literary patronage, c.1000-c.1150

"In England in Europe, Elizabeth Tyler focuses on two histories: the Encomium Emmae Reginae, written for Emma the wife of AEthelred II and Cnut, and The Life of King Edward, written for Edith the wife of Edward the Confessor. Tyler offers a bold literary and historical analysis of both texts an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Tyler, E. M. 1965-, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press 2017
[2017]
Colección:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series.
Materias:
Emma, > Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, > -1052.
Edith, > Queen, consort of Edward, King of England, > approximately 1020-1075.
Encomium Emmae Reginae.
Vie d'Edouard le Confesseur.
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
Women > England > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Literary patrons > England > History.
Politics and literature > History.
European literature > English influences.
Normans > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain.
England.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425216906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Vernacular foundations
  • 2. Fictions of family: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and Virgil's Aeneid
  • 3. Talking about history: the Encomium Emmae reginae and the Court of Harthacnut
  • 4. The politics of allusion in eleventh-century England: classical poets and the Vita AEdwardi
  • 5. Reading through the conquest
  • 6. The women of 1066
  • 7. Edith Becomes Matilda
  • Conclusion: endings and beginnings.
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Note on Translations and Referencing
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Geneaological Table
  • Introduction
  • 1 Vernacular Foundations
  • 2 Fictions of Family: The Encomium Emmae reginae and Virgil's Aeneid
  • 3 Talking about History: The Encomium Emmae reginae and the Court of Harthacnut
  • 4 The Politics of Allusion in Eleventh-Century England: Classical Poets and the Vita AEdwardi
  • 5 Reading through the Conquest
  • 6 The Women of 1066
  • 7 Edith Becomes Matilda
  • Conclusion: Endings and Beginnings
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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