Ottonian queenship /

This is a full-length study of the queens of the Ottonian dynasty, who dominated Continental Europe in the tenth and early eleventh centuries; presenting original arguments about the nature and origins of queenly power and seeing it as a product of the dynamics of European politics in the decades af...

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Queens and dynasties in the ninth and tenth centuries --
English queens and native queens in post-Carolingian Francia and Saxony, 917-39 --
An Ottonian queen at the West Frankish court, 939-54 --
The three families of Queen Gerberga, 950-65 --
Writing Ottonian queenship I: Adelheid and the conquest of Italy, 951-73 --
Writing Ottonian queenship II: Liudprand of Cremona and Hrotsvitha of Gendersheim --
Theophanu and the 'Dominae imperiales', 972-91 --
Inauguration and office in the reign of Cunigunde, 1002-24 --
The end of Ottonian queenship?
1. Verfasser:
MacLean, Simon
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This is a full-length study of the queens of the Ottonian dynasty, who dominated Continental Europe in the tenth and early eleventh centuries; presenting original arguments about the nature and origins of queenly power and seeing it as a product of the dynamics of European politics in the decades after the collapse of the Carolingian Empire.
Umfang:
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, maps
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-252050-4
0-19-183988-4
Schlagworte:
To 1500
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