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Jeanne of Valois: The Power of a Consort

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Two courses present themselves as avenues to introduce the heroine of my narrative, Jeanne of Valois (ca. 1297–1353), countess of Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut.1

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Mulder-Bakker, A.B. (2003). Jeanne of Valois: The Power of a Consort. In: Nolan, K. (eds) Capetian Women. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-09835-1_12

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