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Encomium Emmae Reginae
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Encomium Emmae Reginae or Gesta Cnutonis Regis is an 11th-century Latin encomium in honour of the English queen Emma of Normandy. It was written in 1041 or 1042, probably by a monk of Saint Bertin, wh
Queen Emma receiving the Encomium Emmae Reginae from the author (kneeling), with her sons Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor in the background. This
Queen Emma receiving the Encomium Emmae Reginae from the author (kneeling), with her sons Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor in the background. This illustration is found in the extant 11th-century copy of the Encomium in the British Library.
Emma of Normandy
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Emma of Normandy was a Norman-born noblewoman who became the English, Danish, and Norwegian queen through her marriages to the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred the Unready and the Danish King Cnut the Great.
Encomium Emmae Reginae
…Encomium Emmae Reginae or Gesta Cnutonis Regis is an 11th-century Latin encomium in honour of the English queen Emma of Normandy. It was written in 1041 or 1042, probably by a monk of Saint Bertin, which was then in the County of Flanders. Until 2008, it was believed that there…
Emma receiving the Encomium, in The Encomium of Queen Emma, c. 1050, British Library MS 33241
Emma receiving the Encomium, in The Encomium of Queen Emma, c. 1050, British Library MS 33241
Emma fleeing England with her two young sons following the invasion by Sweyn Forkbeard (1013). Detail of a 13th-century miniature (Fugit emma regina c
Emma fleeing England with her two young sons following the invasion by Sweyn Forkbeard (1013). Detail of a 13th-century miniature (Fugit emma regina cum pueris suis in normanniam cum pueris suis ut ibidem a duce patre suo protegatur)
Queen Emma and her sons being received by Duke Richard II of Normandy (Cambridge University Library)
Queen Emma and her sons being received by Duke Richard II of Normandy (Cambridge University Library)
Mortuary chest from Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. This is one of six mortuary chests near the altar in the Cathedral; this one claims to
Mortuary chest from Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. This is one of six mortuary chests near the altar in the Cathedral; this one claims to contain the bones of Cnut and his wife Emma, along with others. The chest is topped with a crown.