#Queen Emma

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Gra Rueb and her model in January 1929 -   Jan Willem ‘Willy’ Sluiter , 1929.

Dutch, 1873-1949

Watercolour ,  15,5 x 20 cm.

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ALICENT HIGHTOWER and EMMA OF NORMANDY

House of the Dragon – 2x08 The Queen who Ever Was // Vikings Valhalla – 3x08 Destinies

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KING CANUTE and QUEEN EMMA in VIKINGS: VALHALLA | SEASON TWO

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just finished s3 of valhalla yesterday. thoughts:

- the thing i was most afraid of was a bad ending. but thankfully, valhalla actually had a wonderful ending, and i am very satisifed with it.

- the season was AMAZING, i'd say it is easily the best season. it had so many adventures and many moments that made me pause the show 'cause i could not believe they happened. and my favorite thing, it was very colorful and had very wholesome moments, but a good amount of sad moments as well. which i also loved.

- the villains were the best!! i loved every single one

- i loved all of the conflicts as well. they kept me on my toes the whole season

- i would've preferred more seasons of course, at the very least one more. so that we could see leif and freidys find the golden land, reunite with harald ii and also for harald to meet him because that is his son, after all. and of course, for us to see harald and freydis rule together at some point. but i guess they just didn't have the same goals, and that's okay.

- queen aelfgigu shouldn't have died but i also understand how it felt necessary for the plot. so i'll let it slide.

- the whole dynamic of king canute's sons wanting the throne and the issues with duke william had me wanting a spinoff with william, emma's sons and canute's sons

- in general, it was a fantastic season. i enjoyed every bit of it and i have many more thoughts, but all i have to say is:

thank you to the entire cast and crew of vikings: valhalla. you did a wonderful job in every season and i wish you would've stayed a little bit longer. at the very least, one more season. but it was a really good ending, despite the fact that we could've had a little more.

btw, i do not forgive y'all for killing off kaysan, batu and dorn. one of the most painfully devastating things i've ever had to watch❤️‍🩹

ALSO, I NEED HAROLD HAREFOOT FICS. WHERE ARE THEY?

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In France its Mothers's day !

So happy mothers's day !!!

Heres a drawing of my OC Cherry with her mom !😘

Art is mine dont copy/repost

#happymothersday

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#supermario

#marioocs

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shoutout to queen emma for having ultimate rizz. that took 2 whole seconds

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LAURA BERLIN as EMMA OF NORMANDY

Vikings: Valhalla (2022-) 2.06

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Episode 17: Kathryn Maude on politics, the queen as evangelist, and the 11th century Encomium Emmae reginae

British Library Add MS 33241, fol. 1v

In Episode 17 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Dot and Lindsey chat with Kathryn Maude about the 11th century Queen Emma, who was married to and had children with both the English king Æthelred the Unready and his successor the Danish king Cnut the Great. The resulting political situation was complicated, and the Encomium Emmae reginae can help us understand the lines that Emma was attempting to walk as her sons grew into adulthood and prepared to take the throne. The text survives in two copies, the earliest one of which is British Library Add MS 33241, believed to be the copy that was presented to Queen Emma herself. Kathryn walks us through the manuscript and we talk about both the politics and the materiality of this fascinating text.

Listen here, or wherever you find your podcasts.

Below the cut are more photos and links relevant to the conversation.

British Library Add MS 33241, aka Encomium Emmae reginae (digitized online)

Folio 1v, the presentation of the book to Queen Emma, with her sons peeking out from the margin.

A close-up of folio 1v focusing on Emma and her sons.

A close-up of folio 1v focusing on the scribe presenting the book. Note that his hands are covered with a cloth. The son's hand has been added.

A close-up of folio 1v focusing on the curtains

Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 11, miniature of Saint John, folio 107r

Close-up of folio 107r focusing on the curtains. Note Saint John holding the book with a cloth around it.

Copenhagen, Royal Danish Library, Acc. 2011/5, aka Courtenay Compendium, which contains the late 14th century copy of the Encomium Emmae reginae (apparently not digitized)

Doors of Durin, drawn by JRR Tolkien.

The Doors of Durin (Gates of Moria) from the Fellowship of the Ring film by Peter Jackson

Middle Aged Women in the Middle Ages, edited by Sue Niebrzydowski. Gender in the Middle Ages, Volume 7. D. S. Brewer, 2011.

Folio 18r, Sven and Cnut's names are capitalized Half Uncials while the rest of the text is a regular Carolingian script.

Folio 48r, another example. Here Emma's name is capitalized at the top.

A king pointing to the text on folio 46r - "a manicule with a king attached" - with a note written beneath in the later middle ages, probably at Saint Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury.

An ugly manicule (hand pointing at the text), folio 46v.

Folio 5r, a gloss in the margin.

Folio 60r, an emoji in the margin of a couple of eyes to annotate the word oculi (Latin for eyes) in the text.

Close-up of the eyes.

Folio 58v, the parchment has been mended during the parchment preparation process, before the text was written.

Folio 54r, space was left for initials that were never added (the penciled M is probably contemporary but was never decorated)

Folio 2r, the first page of text, featuring a zoomorphic initial (i.e., an initial in the shape of an animal, in this case some sort of dragon and a fish eating each other) and colorful capitals.

Folio 8r, a zoomorphic initial R made of more critters eating each other. Good for a tattoo?

Folio 19v. "Explicit Lib[er] I" means the end of book 1, and "Incipit Secundus" means the beginning of [book] two (the second book).

Folio 50v, featuring Lindsey's ugly manicule

A close-up of the manicule

The Annunciation of Mary in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 11

We talked to Brandon Hawk about the Vercelli Manuscript in Episode 7.

A hedgehog in the Luttrell Psalter (folio 19v)! (See it online)

"The Social Centrality of Women in Beowulf: A New Context" Dot's very first published article!

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the review: vikings valhalla s3

NGL I had high hopes for the series finale. Largely because it's understood that we're finally closing the door on the Vikings universe. For a long time during hiatus I had been unsure where the story would go. With the release of the trailer, I had been even more lost but naively I assumed we were only getting a glimpse at early episodes so I didn't really freak out. Sitting down to the first episode it was evident we would be spending some time in Constantinople, which along with the fast pace of episodes surprised me. IMO writers spent way too much time in the far western world, just so Harald could play hookie. When he and the storyline finally did climax I honestly walked away feeling as though he deserved the unfortunate turn of events because only a fool would behave the way he did. Suffice to say I had a really hard time believing his character would take such a far left path. It was an absolutely ridiculous way to conclude an epic character. In the end I thought Harald turned out to mirror his great grandfather Harald Finehair. An even more ridiculous notion as I seriously doubt Harald Sigurdsson portrayed by the ever gorgeous Leo Sutter could ever have trouble finding a woman to belong to. What's more, Leif's storyline - which is always placed in the shadows - was painfully unnoticeable. Most of his scenes were irrelevant and meaningless serving no other point than to say he was interested in the same land that Freydis, and Bjorn were. Which leads me to my next comment. Freydis by far had the best storyline throughout the season. I enjoyed my return to Jomsburg which in many ways felt like the Kattegat we knew in Vikings. She had a great opponent and every scene was full of purpose, intention and action. My only criticism was that she wasn't able to get formal closure for the pain she did suffer. Nor did we see her finally reunite with her tribe and kin. I was also incredibly disappointed by the surprise arrival of her father. Erik the Red, a legendary beserker that had been greatly teased in earlier seasons. When we finally meet him in season 3, I was incredibly unimpressed by his design and stature. As far as opposing fathers go, I think Canute's father Jarl Forkbeard takes the cake. I had assumed Erik would have such a presence but he more closely fell in the ranks of the insane Kjetill. And a watered down version at that. As an audience member I have to say I never felt afraid of him which I think was a blemish to his character. Harekr was far more effective in season 2 and I'm not sure that was the intention. Moving on to the heirs of Canute: the second best storyline of the show. I was really disappointed this storyline didn't get more airtime. I would've preferred to spend more time exploring Canute's heirs than Harald and Leif's ridiculous saga in Constantinople and Greece. The focus I think would've felt more true to the show, but that's another argument i suppose. My only criticism with this storyline was not seeing the end of Earl Godwin. The character that's served as Valhalla's Little Finger [game of thrones ref]. I have been longing to see his head on a plate since season 1, and i was bummed it didn't happen in season 2. That it didn't occur in season 3 absolutely infuriated me. But it was a calculated decision that i think the writers were right about. At least he'll live another day to fight with Emma.

overall: 6/10 Just not what it should've been.

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vikings: valhalla icons.

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QUEEN EMMA 

Vikings Valhalla, season 2 episode 4

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What a heartbreaking, beautiful scene… I cried my eyes out ..

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King Canute and Queen Emma | Season 2 Episode 6

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My @vikingsbigbang 2023 creations for the lovely story Strife Within London by @emma-ofnormandy! It was an absolute pleasure to create for her 🥰 Head over to AO3 and read her story!