Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda [electronic resource] : Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society / by Penelope Nash.
Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781137585141 978-1-137-58514-1
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/1625
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2017.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XXXI, 292 p. 8 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource.
Dizi
Queenship and Power, 2730-9398
İçindekiler Notu
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 .
Özet, vb.
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. .
Konu
Europe __ History __ 476-1492.
Social history.
Europe __ History.
Sex.
History of Medieval Europe.
Social History.
European History.
Gender Studies.
Social history.
Europe __ History.
Sex.
History of Medieval Europe.
Social History.
European History.
Gender Studies.
