Saint Margaret, Queen of the Scots: A Life in Perspective [Hardcover]

Margaret, saint and 11th-century Queen of the Scots, remains an often-cited yet little-understood historical figure. Keene's analysis of sources in terms of both time and place  including her Life of Saint Margaret , translated for the first time  allows for an informed understanding of the forces that shaped this captivating woman.Introduction 1. A Noble and Unknowable Lineage 2. An Exile in Hungary 3. An Anglo-Saxon Princess 4. A Wife of the King 5. A Queen of the Scots 6. A Pious Woman 7. The Cornerstone of Margaret's Cult 8. A Dynastic Saint 9. A Canonized Saint Conclusion Appendix: Translation of the Dunferline Vita

Saint Margaret, Queen of Scots: A Life in Perspective will prove to be an exceptionally valuable resource for those working both on St. Margaret and on early medieval queeuship and female sainthood more generally. Keene's work will also surely pave the way for even more much-needed scholarship on the other queen of Scots & . (Emily Wingfield, Archiv f?r das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, Vol. 167 (252), 2015)

Catherine Keene is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval History and Literature, and Interim Director of the Medieval Studies Program at Southern Methodist University, USA.
This study on the life and cult of Margaret of Scotland offers a combination of biographic and hagiographic approach. It is founded in ample international scholarship on the different political and religious contexts where she lived and where her memory got fashioned. A colorful inquiry on a fascinating person and an impressive saintly queen mother. - G?bor Klaniczay, Professor of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest