Early English Queens, 650850

This book offers the first dedicated and comprehensive examination of the lives of nearly thirty women known to occupy the office of queen in the English kingdoms between 650 and 850.

Autorentext

Stefany Wragg completed her DPhil on Old English and early English history at the University of Oxford, after receiving her MPhil from the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge. She has worked on contextual readings of literature, saints' cults and queenship. She teaches in a secondary school in the UK.

Inhalt

Introduction, 1. Christian Queens, 2. Queens as Mothers, 3. The Peaceweaver (freoðuwebbe): a Queenly Custom?, 4. The Voiceless Queens, 5. Conclusion