Eleanor of Aquitaine Lord and Lady
Eleanor's patrilineal descent, from a lineage already prestigious enough to have produced an empress in the eleventh century, gave her the lordship of Aquitaine. But marriage re-emphasized her sex which, in the medieval scheme of gender-power relations relegated her to the position of Lady in r...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2003, 2003
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| Series: | The New Middle Ages
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Eleanor's patrilineal descent, from a lineage already prestigious enough to have produced an empress in the eleventh century, gave her the lordship of Aquitaine. But marriage re-emphasized her sex which, in the medieval scheme of gender-power relations relegated her to the position of Lady in relation to her Lordly husbands. In this collection, essays provide a context for Eleanor's life and further an evolving understanding of Eleanor's multifaceted career. A valuable collection on the greatest heiress of the medieval period |
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| Physical Description: | XXIX, 506 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781137052629 |