Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100–1400: Moving beyond the Exceptionalist Debate

Author:   Heather J. Tanner
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
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9783030013455


Pages:   310
Publication Date:   24 January 2019
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Author:   Heather J. Tanner
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.685kg
ISBN:  

9783030013455


ISBN 10:   3030013456
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   24 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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"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."

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Heather J. Tanner is Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University, USA. She is the author of Families, Friends and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879–1160.

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