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All the king's women : polygyny and politics in Europe, 900-1250

Title
All the king's women : polygyny and politics in Europe, 900-1250 / by Jan Rüdiger ; translated by Tim Barnwell.
Author
Rüdiger, Jan
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

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Description
xi, 452 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
"Polygyny, in Europe? The grand narrative of Western history is the development of monogamous marriage, culminating in the central Middle Ages. Other kinds of relationships have often, perhaps too lightly, been dismissed as 'just lust'. In this book, Jan Rüdiger investigates the plurality of man-woman relationships in medieval Scandinavia and analyses the social and political 'uses' of elite polygyny. By way of comparison the findings from the North are then applied to England, France, and the Iberian Peninsula, in order to propose a new overall image of elite polygyny, including marriage, in the medieval West"--
Series Statement
The Northern world, 1569-1462 ; volume 88
Uniform Title
  • König und seine Frauen. English
  • Northern world ; v. 88.
Alternative Title
König und seine Frauen.
Subject
  • To 1500
  • Polygyny > Europe > History > To 1500
  • Political culture > Europe > History > To 1500
  • Kings and rulers > Sexual behavior
  • Political culture
  • Polygyny
  • Europe > Kings and rulers > Sexual behavior > History > To 1500
  • Europe
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- King Harald Fairhair's women : a word on the sources -- The generative aspect -- The habitual aspect -- The agonistic aspect -- The expressive aspect -- The performative aspect -- The comparative view : western Europe -- The comparative view : southern Europe -- Polygyny and Europe : by way of a conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 21-6951
ISBN
  • 9789004349513
  • 9004349510
LCCN
  • 2020028864
  • 9789004349513
  • 40030228001
OCLC
1154976009
Author
Rüdiger, Jan, author.
Title
All the king's women : polygyny and politics in Europe, 900-1250 / by Jan Rüdiger ; translated by Tim Barnwell.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The Northern world, 1569-1462 ; volume 88
Northern world ; v. 88.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
To 1500
Other Form:
Online version: Rüdiger, Jan, All the king's women Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. 9789004434578 (DLC) 2020028865
Other Standard Identifier
9789004349513
40030228001
Research Call Number
JFE 21-6951
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