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The queens and royal women of Sweden, c. 970-1330 : their lives, power, and legacy / Caroline Wilhelmsson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilhelmsson, Caroline, author.
- Series:
- Lives of royal women
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Queens--Sweden--Biography.
- Queens.
- Queens--Sweden--History--To 1500.
- Women--Political activity--Sweden--History--To 1500.
- Women.
- Sweden--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Sweden.
- Sweden--History--To 1397.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 250 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Their lives, power, and legacy
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
- 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. The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden is of interest to scholars of queenship and gender studies, medieval historians in general, those with an interest in ecclesiastical history, and anyone studying medieval Scandinavia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Semi-historical women : 970-1090
- Christian queenship, 1090-1250
- Women as independent political actors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wilhelmsson, Caroline. Queens and royal women of Sweden, 970-1330
- ISBN:
- 9781032491158
- 1032491159
- 9781032491172
- 1032491175
- OCLC:
- 1434094711
- Publisher Number:
- 90100458860
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