Saint Margaret, Queen of the Scots: A Life in Perspective (The New Middle Ages)

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. Margaret, the other queen of Scots, remains an often-cited yet little-understood historical figure. This critical analysis of an array of sources in terms of both time and place - including a new version of her Life, translated for the first time - allows for an informed understanding of the forces that shaped her and her memory. Her world was the product of perspectives and models from Nordic, Kievan, Hungarian, Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Scottish traditions, with all the expectations and admonitions which they pressed upon her. Likewise, her cult evolved within interconnected dynastic, political, ecclesiastical, and papal agendas. From these vastly differing environments, Margaret emerges as a truly trans-regnal composite interpretation of familial, cultural, and social structures. Above all, her memory evolves into a touchstone for the transmission of exemplary female and royal piety and behavior COVER 1 CONTENTS 10 CHARTS AND FIGURES 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 ABBREVIATIONS 13 INTRODUCTION 21 CHAPTER 1 A NOBLE AND UNKNOWABLE LINEAGE 28 CHAPTER 2 AN EXILE IN HUNGARY 37 CHAPTER 3 AN ANGLO-SAXON PRINCESS 45 CHAPTER 4 A WIFE OF THE KING 56 CHAPTER 5 A QUEEN OF THE SCOTS 69 CHAPTER 6 A PIOUS WOMAN 85 CHAPTER 7 THE CORNERSTONE OF MARGARET’S CULT 97 CHAPTER 8 A DYNASTIC SAINT 110 CHAPTER 9 A CANONIZED SAINT 133 CONCLUSION “YOUR MARGARET, MY MARGARET,OUR MARGARET” 146 APPENDIX: TRANSLATION OF THEDUNFERMLINE VITA 148 NOTES 235 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 307 INDEX* 329 Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Introduction....Pages 1-7 A Noble and Unknowable Lineage....Pages 9-17 An Exile in Hungary....Pages 19-26 An Anglo-Saxon Princess....Pages 27-37 A Wife of the King....Pages 39-51 A Queen of the Scots....Pages 53-68 A Pious Woman....Pages 69-80 The Cornerstone of Margaret’s Cult....Pages 81-93 A Dynastic Saint....Pages 95-117 A Canonized Saint....Pages 119-131 Conclusion....Pages 133-134 Back Matter....Pages 135-326