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Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe /

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This book examines female lordship and the power of the political voice in medieval Northern Europe, focusing on three prominent, foreign-born queens of medieval Scandinavia - Agnes of Denmark (d. 1304), Eufemia of Norway (d. 1312) and Margareta of Denmark/Sweden (d. 1412) - who acted as cultural me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Layher, William (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Queenship and power.
Subjects:
History.
Clinical Psychology.
European History.
Gender Studies.
History of Medieval Europe.
Modern History.
Social History.
Clinical psychology.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
History, Modern.
Sex (Psychology)
Social history.
Sociology.
Europe > History-476-1492.
Europe > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book examines female lordship and the power of the political voice in medieval Northern Europe, focusing on three prominent, foreign-born queens of medieval Scandinavia - Agnes of Denmark (d. 1304), Eufemia of Norway (d. 1312) and Margareta of Denmark/Sweden (d. 1412) - who acted as cultural mediators and initiators of political change.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages)
ISBN:9780230113022
DOI:10.1057/9780230113022