Edited for the Royal Historical Society by Alistair Campbell.
The 'Encomium Emmae Reginae' is a political tract in praise, as its title suggests, of Queen Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy, wife of King Ethelred the Unready from 1002 to 1016, and wife of the Danish conqueror King Cnut from 1017 to 1035. It is a primary source of the utmost importance for our understanding of the Danish conquest of England in the early eleventh century, and for the political intrigue in the years which followed the death of King Cnut in 1035. It offers a remarkable account of a woman who was twice a queen, and of her determination to retain her power as queen-mother.
Author(s): Alistair Campbell (ed.)
Series: Camden Third Series, 72
Publisher: Royal Historical Society
Year: 1949
Language: English
Pages: 178
City: London
Preface v
Abbreviations and Methods of Reference ix
Introduction
A. Manuscripts and Editions xi
B. The Encomiast xix
C. The Learning and Latinity of the Encomiast xxiii
D. Queen Emma xl
E. The Historical Content of the 'Encomium' 1
Text, Textual and Linguistic Notes, and Translation 4
Appendices:
I. Queen Emma’s Name, Title, and Forms of Assent 55
II. The Status of Queen Emma and Her Predecessors 62
III. The Scandinavian Supporters of Knútr 66
IV. Text of the Supplement to Jómsvíkinga Saga 92
V. Additional Notes 99
General Index 100
Index to the Text of the 'Encomium' 104
Glossary 106
