ourgraciousqueen:women history meme- queens {1/5}emma of normany “Emma, one of England’s most remark
ourgraciousqueen:women history meme- queens {1/5}emma of normany “Emma, one of England’s most remarkable queens, made her mark on a nation beset by Viking raiders at the end of the Dark Ages. At the center of a triangle of Anglo Saxons, Vikings, and Normans all jostling for control of England, Emma was a political pawn who became an unscrupulous manipulator. Regarded by her contemporaries as a generous Christian patron, an admired regent, and a Machiavellian mother, Emma was, above all, a survivor: hers was a life marked by dramatic reversals of fortune, all of which she overcame.” - Harriet O’Brien, Queen Emma: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England -- source link
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