Queenship And Voice In Medieval Northern Europe (queenship And Power)
by William Layher /
2010 / English / PDF
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Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe
Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe offers a
unique perspective on aspects of female rulership in the
Scandinavian Middle Ages. Working with historical as well as
literary evidence from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries,
this book shows how three queens -- Agnes of Denmark, Eufemia
of Norway, and Margareta, the union queen of the Scandinavian
kingdoms -- marshaled the power of the royal voice in order to
effect political change. In conceptualizing the political
landscape of late-medieval Scandinavia as an acoustic
landscape, Layher charts a new path of historical and cultural
analysis into the reach and resonance of royal power in the
Middle Ages.
offers a
unique perspective on aspects of female rulership in the
Scandinavian Middle Ages. Working with historical as well as
literary evidence from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries,
this book shows how three queens -- Agnes of Denmark, Eufemia
of Norway, and Margareta, the union queen of the Scandinavian
kingdoms -- marshaled the power of the royal voice in order to
effect political change. In conceptualizing the political
landscape of late-medieval Scandinavia as an acoustic
landscape, Layher charts a new path of historical and cultural
analysis into the reach and resonance of royal power in the
Middle Ages.
