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Source: Encomium Emmae Reginae by Alistair Campbell

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Titre	Encomium Emmae Reginae by Alistair Campbell

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Emma de Normandie

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"Praise of Queen Emma" Encomium Emmae Reginae (also called Gesta Cnutonis Regis) is an 11th-century Latin encomium in honour of the English queen Emma of Normandy. It was written in 1041 or 1042, probably by a monk of Saint-Omer, Normandy. Details about Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, and his conquest of England. His son, Cnut the Great, his reconquest of England, his marriage to Emma and his period of rule. Events after Cnut's death: Emma's troubles during the reign of Harold Harefoot and the accession of her sons, Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor to the throne.

"Praise of Queen Emma" Encomium Emmae Reginae (also called Gesta Cnutonis Regis) is an 11th-century Latin encomium in honour of the English queen Emma of Normandy. It was written in 1041 or 1042, probably by a monk of Saint-Omer, Normandy.

Details about Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, and his conquest of England. His son, Cnut the Great, his reconquest of England, his marriage to Emma and his period of rule. Events after Cnut's death: Emma's troubles during the reign of Harold Harefoot and the accession of her sons, Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor to the throne.