Queenship of Mathilda of Flanders, c. 1031-1083 (eBook)

Embodying Conquest

Laura L Gathagan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
224 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
9781805435839 (ISBN)

Infos

The first full-scale scholarly treatment of Mathilda of Flanders (d. 1083), duchess of Normandy and post-Conquest queen of England.In Norman England, Mathilda's unique practice of queenship was robustly public. It was characterized by an unapologetic embrace of both new and traditional institutions: military lordship, royal justice, monastic foundation and ecclesiastical reform, documentary initiatives and cultural networks. Although she may appear only glancingly in the chronicle "e;story sources"e; of her day, she is everywhere else: governing in documents and charters, articulating her identity in architecture, expressing her authority through innovative custom-made liturgies, handing down juridical sentences and participating in the most fundamental theological issues of her day. However, unlike her husband William "e;the Conqueror"e;, her impact and influence have not ensured her a place of centrality in modern memory. This book redresses that imbalance. Moving away from the traditional chronological approach to a woman's life, its thematic chapters use the metaphor of Mathilda's body to center her actions, creations and speech, showing how Mathilda embodied power in a world often construed as primarily masculine. It thus brings back into focus the policies she championed, the strategies she pursued and the shape of her authority.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Chronology
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
1. Blood
2. Hands
3. Fingers
4. Head
5. Womb
6. Flesh
7. Mouth
8. Corpse

Select Bibliography
Index of Persons and Places

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Gender in the Middle Ages
• Zusatzinfo: 3 maps, 1 line drawing and 8 b/w illus.
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Architecture • Cultural Networks • Custom-made Liturgies • Documentary Initiatives • ecclesiastical reform • Mathilda of Flanders • Military Lordship • Monastic Foundation • Norman England • queenship • royal justice • theological issues
• ISBN-13: 9781805435839 / 9781805435839