Encomium Emmae Reginae

A reprint of a primary source which gives important insights into the Danish conquest of England in the early 11th century.

Klappentext
The Encomium Emmae Reginae is, as its title suggests, a political tract in praise of Queen Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy, wife of King Ethelred the Unready from 1002 to 1016, and wife of the Danish conqueror King Cnut from 1017 to 1035. It is an important primary source that transports us into the heart of eleventh-century politics. This edition contains a new introduction that places the Encomium in the historical context in which it was written, and traces the career of Emma, a woman who was twice queen and who sought to preserve her position of power as queen-mother.

Zusammenfassung
Along with a new introduction, the Encomium Emmae Reginae is reprinted and translated here in full thus providing students and historians of Anglo-Saxon England with greater access to a primary source of utmost importance for our understanding of the Danish conquest of England in the early eleventh century.

Inhalt
Preface to the 1998 reprint; Introduction to the 1998 edition; Abbreviations and bibliography; Introduction; Encomium Emmae Reginae; Appendices; General index; Index to the text of the Encomium; Glossary.

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