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DanaC · 03-10-2008, 07:19 AM

Oh I loved Beowulf! The poem not the film....haven't seen the film....am still scarred from '300'.....it's not good to study a period of history then watch a hollywood film of the same....not good at all :P

@ Bri. I've been reading a really interesting piece for my Medieval Queens and Queenship module, called 'The Lady and the Mead Cup', it draws on some of the Beowulf scenes to show the role of the Queen in the early medieval court. Very interesting. It's a field that's been sadly neglected by historians up until very recently. Kingship as a topic has been well studied, but queens have tended to be dealt with purely as individual biogs or in terms solely of their relationships with kings, not in terms of their office.

03-10-2008, 07:19 AM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Oh I loved Beowulf! The poem not the film....haven't seen the film....am still scarred from '300'.....it's not good to study a period of history then watch a hollywood film of the same....not good at all :P @ Bri. I've been reading a really interesting piece for my Medieval Queens and Queenship module, called 'The Lady and the Mead Cup', it draws on some of the Beowulf scenes to show the role of the Queen in the early medieval court. Very interesting. It's a field that's been sadly neglected by historians up until very recently. Kingship as a topic has been well studied, but queens have tended to be dealt with purely as individual biogs or in terms solely of their relationships with kings, not in terms of their office. Last edited by DanaC; 03-10-2008 at 07:28 AM.