Overview
- Reconceptualizes the categories, definitions, practice, and periodization of women’s exercise of power
- Examines women in positions of both secular and religious authority
- Offers a variety of case studies that cover women’s patronage of art and literature, the role of women in establishing dynasties, the impact of bureaucracy, and the influence of female religious communities, among other topics
Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)
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Book Title: Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100–1400
Book Subtitle: Moving beyond the Exceptionalist Debate
Editors: Heather J. Tanner
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01346-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-01345-5Published: 24 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-01346-2Published: 09 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 310
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Medieval Europe, History of Early Modern Europe, Women's Studies, Medieval Literature