Noblewomen, aristocracy and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm
This is a study of noblewomen in 12th-century England and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. It offers a reconceptualization of women's role in aristocratic society, and in doing so suggests original ways of looking at lordship and the ruling elite in the high Middle Ages
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester, New York
Manchester University Press, Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
2003, 20032003
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| Series: | Gender in history
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Power and portrayal
- Patronage and power
- Countesses
- Witnessing
- Countergifts and affidation
- Seals
- Women of the lesser nobility
- Royal inquests and the power of noblewomen : the Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de XII Comitatibus of 1185
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index