Early English queens, 650-850 : speculum reginae

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Dedication
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
Note on the Names
Introduction: Speculum Reginae: Early English Queens, 650–850
	What Was a Queen?
	Early England
		Kent
		Northumbria
		East Anglia
		Wessex
		Mercia
		Surrey
		Sussex
		Essex
	Northern European Queens
	Frankish Queenship
	Norse Queenship
	Sources
	Regnal Tables
	Overview of Chapters
	Notes
1 Christian Queens
	Queen of Heaven: Mary in The Advent Lyrics
	Queens as Saints
	Queens and Saints: Five Seventh-Century Queens
		Sister Saint: Seaxburh
		A Shrewd Negotiator: Domne Eafe
		Learning and Layers of Identity: Cuthburh
		Between the Lines: Osgyth
		An Exceptional Saint: Æthelthryth of Ely
	Other Christian Queens
		Eafe of Sussex
		Frithugyth of Wessex
	Conclusion
	Notes
2 Queens as Mothers
	A Model Mother: Elene
	An Exceptional Queen and Mother: Cynethryth of Mercia
	Slave, Queen, Mother, Saint: Balthild
	Saintly Mother, Saintly Daughter: Eormenhild
	Failed Mothers? Three Queens and Two Martyr Princes
		Ælfthryth and Cynehelm
		Cynethryth and Wigmund, Ælfflæd and Wigstan
	Mother, Teacher: Osburh
	Conclusion
	Notes
3 The Peaceweaver (FreoÐuwebbe): A Queenly Custom?
	The Theoretical Background
	Sister-swap: Ealhflæd and Cyneburh
	Unfinished Business: Osthryth of Mercia
	‘A Tyrant After the Manner of Her Father’: Eadburh
	A Hypothetical Peaceweaver: Leofrun
	Conclusion
	Notes
4 The Voiceless Queens
	The Queens of Wihtred of Kent: Cynegyth, Æthelburh and Wærburh
	‘I, Æthelthryth, Queen, Consent’
	Nameless Mother of Saints: Anna’s Queen
	Echoes of Power: Cynewise, Seaxburh and Æthelburh
		Cynewise
		Seaxburh: A Queen Regent?
		Æthelburh
	What’s in a Name: Eormenburg and Eormengyth
		Eormenburg
		Eormengyth
	Conclusion
	Notes
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index