Noblewomen, aristocracy and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm

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    • Johns, Susan M.

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Noblewomen, aristocracy and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm

Susan M. Johns

(Gender in history)

Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003

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  • : pbk

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注記

Based on the author's doctoral dissertation (Ph. D. : University of Cardiff)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-268) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780719063046

内容説明

The first major work on noblewomen in the twelfth century and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. Offers an important reconceptualisation of women's role in aristocratic society and suggests new ways of looking at lordship and the ruling elite in the high middle ages. Considers a wide range of literary sources such as chronicles, charters, seals and governmental records to draw out a detailed picture of noblewomen in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm. Asserts the importance of the life-cycle in determining the power of aristocratic women. Demonstrates that the influence of gender on lordship was profound, complex and varied. -- .

目次

  • 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.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780719063053

内容説明

The first major work on noblewomen in the twelfth century and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. Offers an important reconceptualisation of women's role in aristocratic society and suggests new ways of looking at lordship and the ruling elite in the high middle ages. Considers a wide range of literary sources such as chronicles, charters, seals and governmental records to draw out a detailed picture of noblewomen in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm. Asserts the importance of the life-cycle in determining the power of aristocratic women. Demonstrates that the influence of gender on lordship was profound, complex and varied. -- .

目次

Preface Abbreviations Introduction Literary sources 1. Power and portrayal 2. Patronage and power Noblewomen and power: the charter evidence 3. Countesses 4. Witnessing 5. Countergifts and affidation 6. Seals 7. Women of the lesser nobility 8. Royal inquests and the power of noblewomen: the Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de XII Comitatibus of 1185 Conclusion Appendix one: catalogue of seals from the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries Appendix two: noblewomen in the Rotuli de Dominabus Bibliography Index -- .

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