All the King's Women

All the King's Women

by Rüdiger, Jan

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Title Statements

  • Full title :All the King's Women

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Place of Publication:Boston
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2020.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

6 Jarl Hákon and His Patron Goddess.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (464 p.).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789004434578, 9004434577
  • oclc:on1202472265

Table of Contents

Intro -- Copyright -- All the King's Women: Polygyny and Politics in Europe, 900-1250 -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Libido and Satyriasis -- 2 Scholarship -- 3 'Polygyny' -- 4 Structure -- 5 'Aspects' of Polygyny -- 6 Objective -- 7 Postscript 2020 -- King Harald Fairhair's Women: a Word on the Sources -- 1 "".and then he took her to bed -- 2 ""Concubine or Wife? -- 3 On Sources -- 4 Scholarship on the Sagas -- 1 The Generative Aspect -- 1 Thorns, Pigs, and Two Dreams -- 2 Royal Blood -- 3 Danish Particularism polygyny in the Chronicles

4 Practices of the Valdemar Era -- 5 Dissenting Voices Sven Aggesen and Saxo Grammaticus -- 6 The 'Generative Aspect' of Polygyny -- 7 Harald, the All-Father -- 8 The 'Good' Bastard King -- 9 The Mill Maid's Tale -- 10 Suitability -- 11 Co-optative Kinship -- 12 Twofold Legitimacy Sverrir of Norway -- 13 Married, Crowned, Unsuccessful -- 14 Low-Born and Successful -- 15 Polygyny as a Guarantor of Parity -- 16 Polygyny without Women? -- 2 The Habitual Aspect -- 1 Models -- 2 Polygyny and Historiography the Oddaverjar -- 3 A Song of Praise -- 4 ""Very Susceptible to Love"" Jón Loptsson's Women

5 A Lovers' Sag…

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