England in Europe - English Royal Women and Literary Patronage, C.1000-C.1150

In England in Europe, Elizabeth Tyler focuses on two histories: the Encomium Emmae Reginae, written for Emma the wife of the Æthelred II and Cnut, and The Life of King Edward, written for Edith the wife of Edward the Confessor.

Sommario

Note on Translations
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Vernacular Foundations
2: Fictions of Family: The Encomium Emmae Reginae and Virgil’s Aeneid
3: Talking about History: The Encomium Emmae Reginae and the Court of Harthacnut
4: The Politics of Allusion in Eleventh-Century England: Classical Poets and the Vita Ædwardi
5: Reading Through the Conquest
6: The Women of 1066
7: Edith Becomes Matilda
Conclusion: Endings and Beginnings
Bibliography

Info autore

Elizabeth M. Tyler is a professor of medieval literature in the Department of English and Related Literature and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. She is a co-director of the Centre for Medieval Literature at the University of Southern Denmark and the University of York.

Riassunto

In England in Europe, Elizabeth Tyler focuses on two histories: the Encomium Emmae Reginae, written for Emma the wife of the Æthelred II and Cnut, and The Life of King Edward, written for Edith the wife of Edward the Confessor.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elizabeth Tyler, Elizabeth Muir Tyler
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781442640726
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4072-6
• Pagine: 464
• Serie: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon; Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata