Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship

Tolhurst, Fiona

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“…Two new books reveal the scholarly power of the interplay of the two fields. In her monograph, Fiona Tolhurst explicitly links queenship to kingship in Anglo‐Norman England, and in a felicitous turn of phrase, she argues that the chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth considers “female kingship” in a positive light that sets the tone for a distinctly English queenship.…”

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Medieval queenship

Earenfight

2017

History Compass

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This essay surveys new identities and frameworks for the study of medieval queens that have emerged over the past 30 years and argues that the study of queens and the practice of queenship has transformed the study of monarchy. Queenship is understood by most scholars to be a cluster of customs, practices, and political theory that focuses on who queens were and what they did; how they were perceived by their peers; and how they were vital to family, culture, religion, and economics in the European Middle Ages. Empirical research on queens and empresses cuts across time and space and is grounded in feminist theory and methods; it rejects traditional masculine‐centered political history in favor of a nuanced understanding of women and power.

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Earenfight

2017

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Geoffrey ofMonmouth

Echard

2017

The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain

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Geoffrey of Monmouth is a twelfth‐century Anglo‐Latin writer, best known for his Historia regum Britannie ( History of the Kings of Britain ). The History popularized the idea that Britain was founded by Trojan refugees, and offered many memorable accounts of British rulers, some fictional, some quasi‐historical. The Historia famously presented the first connected narrative of the life and deeds of King Arthur. Geoffrey also brought attention to Merlin, bringing the prophet of Celtic tradition into the ambit of the Arthurian court in the Historia , and focusing on Merlin's madness and recovery in the Vita Merlini . The Historia was one of the most popular and influential texts of the Middle Ages, frequently copied, translated, and adapted.

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Feminism, Fiction, and the Empress Matilda

Weikert

2018

Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers

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Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship

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Feminism, Fiction, and the Empress Matilda

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