Encomium Emmae Reginae

Abstract

TheEncomium Emmae Reginaeis a Latin text commissioned by Emma of Normandy and written during the reign of her son Harthacnut, king of England and Denmark, in 1041 or 1042. It deals with the Danish conquest of England by Svein Forkbeard and his son Cnut, Emma's second husband, and with the political turmoil which followed Cnut's death in 1035. In its selective narrative of these events theEncomiumreflects the unique perspective of its female patron, a powerful influence at Harthacnut's court, and presents her as a pivotal figure in the establishment of the Anglo‐Danish regime.

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