Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, C. 9701330 - Their Lives, Power, and Legacy

This is the first major piece of scholarship to provide an overview of the lives of Sweden's earliest documented queens, together with some of their most influential female relatives, who lived between 970 and 1330.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Semi-Historical Women: 970–1090 3. Christian Queenship, 1090–1250 4. Women as Independent Political Actors: 1210–1330 5. Conclusion

About the author

Caroline Wilhelmsson is a historian of state formation, urban history, and military architecture. She teaches Viking history at the University of Aberdeen, UK, and is a postdoctoral researcher at University College Cork, Ireland, where she investigates walled towns. She previously held a Bernadotte Fellowship at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Summary

This is the first major piece of scholarship to provide an overview of the lives of Sweden’s earliest documented queens, together with some of their most influential female relatives, who lived between 970 and 1330.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Wilhelmsson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032491172
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249117-2
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Lives of Royal Women
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, Medieval History, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries