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Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda

Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society

Penelope Nash (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

292 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
9781137590886 (ISBN)

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This book compares two successful, elite women, Empress Adelheid (931-999) and Countess Matilda (1046-1115), for their relative ability to retain their wealth and power in the midst of the profound social changes of the eleventh century. The careers of the Ottonian queen and empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda of Tuscany reveal a growth of opportunities for women to access wealth and power. These two women are analyzed under three categories: their relationships with family and friends, how they managed their property (particularly land), and how they ruled. This analysis encourages a better understanding of gender relations in both the past and the present.

Penelope Nash is an Honorary Affiliate and Research Assistant at the University of Sydney. She specializes in the changes in Western Europe, especially for women, between the tenth and early twelfth centuries. She is author of Women and Power, Reality and Ritual in the Medieval King’s Emotions and Empress Adelheid’s Vulnerabilities.

1. Introduction: Masterful and Formidable Ladies.- 2. Kin and Kith: Keeping Friends and Placating Enemies.- 3. Land: Building and Maintaining a Property Portfolio.- 4. Rule: Models of Rulership and the Tools of Justice

Erscheinungsdatum	03.03.2017
Reihe/Serie	Queenship and Power
Reihe/Serie	Queenship and Power
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, color; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Building • Europe • Foundation • Gender • History • Medieval Literature • Middle Ages • Model • Social History • Social Science • Society • Sociology • Spirituality • Transformation
ISBN-13	9781137590886 / 9781137590886
Zustand	Neuware