Women, Power, and Religious Patronage in the Middle Ages [electronic resource] / by Erin L. Jordan.

Jordan, Erin L.
Women, Power, and Religious Patronage in the Middle Ages
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781349733446 978-1-349-73344-6
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/4435
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Fiziksel Niteleme
VIII, 193 p. online resource.
Dizi
The New Middle Ages
Özet, vb.
By examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, specifically offering a glimpse of the experience of female rulers in a period when actions were often constrained and obscured by gender bias.
Konu
History.
Religion.
Europe __ History.
Europe __ History—476-1492.
Classical literature.
Literature, Medieval.
Sociology.
Sex (Psychology).
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
History.
History of Medieval Europe.
Medieval Literature.
Gender Studies.
Classical and Antique Literature.
European History.
Religious Studies, general.