Emma of Normandy’s Encomium: Queen, Propaganda, and Royal Legacy

The episode explores how Emma of Normandy leveraged contemporary and later texts—especially the *Encomium Emmae Reginae*—to shape her image as divine intercessor and stabilising force in a turbulent early‑medieval landscape. By examining surviving charters, monastic sources and political contexts we tease out what evidence tells us about her agency, legitimacy, and how later generations remembered her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices