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Record Number: 7900 Author(s)/Creator(s): Stafford , Pauline. Contributor(s): Title: Emma: The Powers of the Queen in the Eleventh Century Source: Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe: Proceedings of a Conference Held at King's College London, April 1995.  Edited by Anne J. Duggan.  Boydell Press, 1997.  Pages 3 - 26. Reprinted in Gender, Family and the Legitimation of Power: England from the Ninth to Early Twelfth Century. By Pauline Stafford. Ashgate Variorum, 2006. Article X. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Emma, Wife of Æthelred, King of England, and Cnut the Great, King of Denmark and England Power Queens Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 11 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Three figures. Figure One, manuscript illumination of Emma, labelled AElfgifu, and Cnut making a gift to the church of New Minister, Winchester. From the Liber Vita (London, British Library, Stowe MS 944, fol. 6). Figure Two, manuscript illumination of Emma, crowned and enthroned, with her sons. From the Encomium Emmae (London, British Library, Additional MS 33241, fol. lv). Figure Three is the Quinity, the Trinity with the addition of Mary and the Christ child. From the prayer book of AElfwine, abbot of the New Minister (London, British Library, Cotton Titus D xxvi and xxvii, fol. 75v). Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Huddersfield Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1997. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0851156576

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