# Event Details - **Event Name**: Queens in the North: Elite women, social networks, & the world of the sagas - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: Dr Markus Eldegard Mindrebø, University of Stavanger, will give the Annual Bedford Lecture, Royal Holloway, University of London.About this EventThis event will take place in Room 104 of Senate House in Bloomsbury.All are welcome and tickets are free but sign-up is required due to space constraints.Summary: A vivid reconstruction of Scandinavia’s Viking Age past can be gleaned from the Old Norse kings’ sagas, and the distinctive place of women in their internal political scene still holds some surprises. In this talk Markus draws on his recent research on Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla and other sagas to explore their vision of royal and aristocratic women as protagonists who used social networks, interpersonal bonds, and political rituals to play the political game and claim political influence on par with with men.Our speaker: Markus Eldegard Mindrebø is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Stavanger, Norway. His research focuses on women, social networks, and political participation in the medieval Old Norse kings' sagas, as well as the representation of the medieval world in modern video gaming. Markus completed his PhD at Royal Holloway and is the author of Women, Politics, & Social Networks in the Sagas of Norwegian Kings, published earlier this year. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/queens-in-the-north-elite-women-social-networks-and-the-world-of-the-sagas/100001692715350179 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Senate House Building - **lat**: 51.5206212 - **long**: -0.1287511 - **full address**: Senate House Building, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Queens in the North: Elite women, social networks, & the world of the sagas - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/65485b036dfbff0d86b784d09eea81b8d251c7ab674130ac6e8616f80655d8f4-rimg-w1200-h633-dcd6c1a9-gmir.jpg?v=1760452261 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Queens in the North: Elite women, social networks, & the world of the sagas being held? - **A:** Queens in the North: Elite women, social networks, & the world of the sagas takes place on Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm at Senate House Building, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Queens in the North: Elite women, social networks, & the world of the sagas? - **A:** Queens in the North: Elite women, social networks, & the world of the sagas is organized by Kate Cooper, Bedford Centre for the History of Women and Gender. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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