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

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 Æthelred 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 and...

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Main Author: Tyler, E. M. (Elizabeth M.), 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Series:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 23.
Subjects:
Emma, > Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, > -1052.
Edith, > Queen, consort of Edward, King of England, > approximately 1020-1075.
Edith, > Queen, consort of Edward, King of England, > approximately 1020-1075
Emma, > Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, > -1052
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
Women > England > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Literary patrons > England > History > To 1500.
Politics and literature > History > To 1500.
European literature > English influences.
Normans > Great Britain > Biography.
Literary patrons > England > History.
Politics and literature > History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Ædwardi
  • 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 Ædwardi
  • 5 Reading through the Conquest
  • 6 The Women of 1066
  • 7 Edith Becomes Matilda
  • Conclusion: Endings and Beginnings
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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