Talking about history in eleventh-century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut
Elizabeth M. Tyler
The Encomium Emmae Reginae was written in the early 1040s to support interests of Queen Emma amidst factionalism which marked end period Danish rule England. This article argues that shaped by its production and reception distinctively multilingual environment King Harthacnut's court. Attention Emma's key role negotiating interaction English, Norse, French, Flemish Latin literary linguistic cultures were present Anglo-Danish court reveals growing lay claims culture eleventh-century
Early Medieval Europe