Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100–1400 Moving beyond the Exceptionalist Debate /
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| Summary: | XVII, 310 p. 6 illus., 3 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01346-2 |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Power and Agency in Post-Conquest England: Elite Women and the Transformation of the Twelfth Century
- 3. The Most Perfect Knight's Countess: Isabella de Clare, Her Daughters, and Women's Exercise of Power and Influence, 1190–ca. 1250
- 4. Beyond Good Queen Anne: Anne of Bohemia, Patronage, and Politics
- 5. Emma of Ivry, c. 1008–1080
- 6. From Mothers to Daughters: Literary Patronage as Political Work in Ponthieu
- 7. Pirate, Traitor, Wife: Jeanne of Belleville and the Categories of Fourteenth-Century French Noblewomen
- 8. Just Another Day in the Neighborhood: Collective Female Donation Practices at the Hospital of Saint John in Brussels
- 9. A "Necessary Companion": The Salian Consort's Expected Role in Governance
- 10. Power in Pursuit of Religion: The Penitent Sisters of Speyer and their Choice of Affiliation
- 11. Women of Antioch: Political Culture and Powerful Women in the Latin East
- 12. Unexceptional Women: Power, Authority, and Queenship in Early Portugal
- 13. A Lifetime of Power: Beyond Binaries of Gender.