- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; First edition (26 April 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0631166793
- ISBN-13: 978-0631166795
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16 x 3.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,487,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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There is much learning, originality and, indeed, entertainment in Pauline Stafford′s Queen Emma and Queen Edith...This book develops a most interesting subject with learning and insight which illuminate the period as a whole." (English Historical Review)
"It provides fascinating insights into medieval family structures, the manipulation of saints′ cults, the nature of royal estates and patronage, to name but a few of its themes. Anyone who wants to understand the power structures of the early Middle Ages will want to read it." (History)
"The stories of Queen Emma and Queen Edith are satisfyingly rich in the telling in Pauline Stafford′s latest book, Queen Emma and Queen Edith. The sources which provide these riches are varied and Stafford′s use of them masterly." (Parergon)
"Readable and learned, it is an admirable illustration of the way in which gender studies may be used to enrich understanding of the whole history of a period." (Times Higher Education Supplement)
"It will become an indispensable tool on undergraduate courses dealing with gender, power and politics in the middle ages ... It also represents a clear, elegantly written and meticulously documented contribution to the study of the eleventh (and tenth) century in England." (Gender and History)
"(Stafford) has used her two queens to suggest a great deal, not only about queens and court politics in eleventh–century England but also about the society and politics of a whole period of west European history." (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford: The Brown Book)
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"It provides fascinating insights into medieval family structures, the manipulation of saints' cults, the nature of royal estates and patronage, to name but a few of its themes. Anyone who wants to understand the power structures of the early Middle Ages will want to read it."
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Shorn of interpretation and judgement, the bones of Emma's and Edith's lives are bare and sparse. Read the first page
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Very good study of two important but overlooked figures
11 Oct 2005
Format:Paperback
Even though women as rulers weren't part of either the Anglo-Saxon or Norman traditions, two English women in particular changed things. Neither was a sovereign ruler but both had personalities of strength and authority. Emma (Ælfgifu after her marriage), sister of Duke Richard II of Normandy (though she carried a Frankish birth-name), was the queen first of Æthelred "the Redeless," Saxon King of England, and then of Canute, the Danish conqueror of the island. Edith, daughter of Godwine, Earl of Wessex, furthered her family's dynastic ambitions by becoming the queen of King Edward the Confessor, and thereby Emma's daughter-in-law. But this volume is considerably more than a dual biography, and more even than the "gender study" it intends to be. It delves deeply into the dynastic power structures of 11th century ruling families and the nature of royal patronage which helped keep rulers in power. The prosopographical appendix and the extensive bibliography also are excellent.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Great for the initiated!
2 Dec 2002
Format:Paperback
Like the other reviewer implied, don't buy this book if you just want a quick peek into the lives of 2 English queens. This book is more appropriate for people well-acquainted with the subject matter. The book is really well-written and will be a great source for history students for years to come.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Superb!
3 Jan 2005
Format:Paperback
Hats off to Pauline Stafford for even attempting such a book as this one! Both Queen Emma and Queen Edith lived in a world so long past, so shadowy to us now, that it is indeed an undertaking to explore their lives! I would love to see more of the same type of work. For those of you intrigued by these women, there are some works of fiction out there that you may enjoy: Gildenford & The Norman Pretender by Valerie Anand; A Hollow Crown by Hellen Hollick; and Lord of Sunset by Godwin Parke.
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