Book Review: The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, c. 970–1330: Their Lives, Power, and Legacy by Caroline Wilhelmsson

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Researching royal women comes with many challenges. These challenges include the lack of documentation for many women, which becomes worse the older the time period.

Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, c. 970–1330: Their Lives, Power, and Legacy by Caroline Wilhelmsson bravely faces this challenge to tell us about Swedish royal women. This book is part of the Lives of Royal Women by Routledge.

The book begins with women who may not have even existed and are semi-legendary and ends with Ingeborg of Norway, who was regent during the minority of her son, King Magnus Eriksson. Despite it being an academic book, it is easy to read and follow. It looks closely at the primary sources and the various other sources.

Overall, I’d highly recommend this book. It is available now in the UK and the US.