Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100–1400 : Moving beyond the Exceptionalist Debate
2019 ed.
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The New Middle Ages
ISBN-10
3030013456
ISBN-13
9783030013455
Edition
2019 ed.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 24th, 2019
Print length
310 Pages
Weight
678 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 21.60 x 2.60 cms
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For decades, medieval scholarship has been dominated by the paradigm that women who wielded power after c.
For decades, medieval scholarship has been dominated by the paradigm that women who wielded power after c. 1100 were exceptions to the "rule" of female exclusion from governance and the public sphere. This collection makes a powerful case for a new paradigm. Building on the premise that elite women in positions of authority were expected, accepted, and routine, these essays traverse the cities and kingdoms of France, England, Germany, Portugal, and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in order to illuminate women''s roles in medieval power structures. Without losing sight of the predominance of patriarchy and misogyny, contributors lay the groundwork for the acceptance of female public authority as normal in medieval society, fostering a new framework for understanding medieval elite women and power.
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