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Instead of a formal introduction: a retrospective. The impetus for this book was born out of the fruitful collision of several different realizations.

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Layher, W. (2010). Introduction. In: Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230113022_1

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