Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love and Greed in Eleventh-Century England PDF
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QUEEN EMMA AND THE VIKINGS QUEEN EMMA AND THE VIKINGS A History of Power, Love and Greed in Eleventh'Century England HARRIET O’BRIEN B LO O M SBU R Y To my sister, Sally Copyright © 2005 by Harriet O’Brien All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission horn the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information address Bloomsbury Publishing, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Jacket cover images: (clockwise from top left) Duke William and his fleet, detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France; Author offering his book to Queen Emma, British Library, London, UK; Ploughing, from a Calendar, British Library, London, UK; Cotton Vitellius C.III from an Old English Herbal originally by Apuleius, British Library, London, UK. All images © Bridgeman Art Library Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, New York and London Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers All papers used by Bloomsbury Publishing are natural, recyclable products made from wood grown in well-managed forests. The manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this book as follows: O’Brien, Harriet. Queen Emma and the vikings : a history of power, love, and greed in 11th-century England / by Harriet O’Brien.— 1st U.S. ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-1-58234-596-3 ISBN-10: 1-58234-596-1 1. Emma, Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, d. 1052. 2. Great Britain—History— Ethelred II, 979-1016—Biography. 3. Great Britain—History—Canute, 1017-1035—Biography. 4. Normans—Great Britain—Biography. 5. Queens—Great Britain—Biography. 6. Vikings—England. I. Title. DA160.O27 2005 942.01’8r092—dc22 2005010845 First published in the United States by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2005 This paperback edition published in 2006 Paperback ISBN-10: 1-59691-119-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59691-119-2 13579 10 8642 Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production, Polmont, Stirlinghsire, Scotland Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives pic CONTENTS Family Trees vi-viii Dramatis Personae ix Prologue 1 Part I Peaceweaver 9 Chapter One Normandy 11 Chapter Two England 23 Chapter Three Murder and Massacre 42 Chapter Four Revenge 58 Chapter Five Defeat 78 Part II Viking Queen 95 Chapter Six Captive Bride 97 Chapter Seven Partner 112 Chapter Eight Saints and Sinners 128 Chapter Nine Image and Empire 145 Part III Schemers 161 Chapter Ten Letters 163 Chapter Eleven Fall and Rise 175 Part IV Q ueen Mother 189 Chapter Twelve The Book 191 Chapter Thirteen Disgrace 205 Epilogue 221 Chronology 231 Notes 235 Select Bibliography 247 Index 257 Family Trees
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