Gender and Genealogy
Name one of the two biblical queens who were models of queenship in Konungs skuggsjá (The King’s Mirror)?
Easter and Vashti
This sociological concept describes resources based on one’s social connections.
Social capital
The Irish-born princess who became a royal saint of Norway after fleeing pagan invaders.
St. Sunniva
This queen was associated with Rus’-Byzantine artistic influences found in Denmark's 12th-century churches.
Margrete Fredkulla
This “transaction” can be a source of income and great wealth for a queen, finances her authority and action, provides security and maintenance for her after the king’s death.
Dowry
This royal household position meant living and working alongside the queen in both private spaces and public events, and involved daily and ceremonial duties.
Ladies in Waiting/Service
The process of officially declaring someone a saint by the Church.
Canonization
This queen founded Queen’s College, Oxford, attaching her name to the institution so that her memory would outlast politics, wars, and even her husband.
Philippa of Hainault
Name one of the luxury materials that adorned the clothing of queens.
Ermine, stoat, miniver, vair, beaver, marten/sable, cameline/camlet/camel.
According to Jutland Law (1241), a widow could retain control of her children’s property so long as she remained this.
Unmarried
This Swedish queen, a Flemish princess, owned relics of St. Louis and had Birgitta as her magistra.
Blanka of Namur
This type of book combined calendar, psalms, and Gospel readings.
Book of Hours
Which queen is famous for her embroidery and sent her cousin an embroidered gift picturing a cat and mouse as a subversive message of her displeasure at being imprisoned?
Mary, Queen of Scots
Which queen’s coronation crown was donated to Vadstena Abbey but later pawned by the crown to Hanseatic merchants to pay debts?
Philippa of England
This Old Testament queen became a medieval archetype for dangerous or heretical queens.
Jezebel
This Danish cathedral became the burial site for many queens.
Roskilde Cathedral
This term refers to male and female depictions of divine rulership in political theology.
The King’s Two Bodies
The Norse queen who fled Denmark after her husband Harald Gille died and secured her son’s kingship in Norway 1136. Was married 5 times.
Ingrid Ragnvaldsdatter
This type of document preserved the queen’s instructions for almsgiving.
Donation letter (sálugjöf)
Her reign was marked by a trilogy of courtly romances collectively known by this title.
Eufemiavisor