Noblewomen, aristocracy, and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm /

Johns, Susan M,

Noblewomen, aristocracy, and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm / Susan M. Johns. - 1 online resource - Gender in history . - Gender in history. .

Based on the author's doctoral dissertation (Ph. D. : University of Cardiff).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Power and portrayal -- Patronage and power -- Countesses -- Witnessing -- Countergifts and affidation -- Seals -- Women of the lesser nobility -- Royal inquests and the power of noblewomen : the Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de XII Comitatibus of 1185.

Open Access

This is a study of noblewomen in 12th-century England and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. It offers a reconceptualization of women's role in aristocratic society, and in doing so suggests original ways of looking at lordship and the ruling elite in the high Middle Ages.


English.

1417590548 9781417590544 9781847790538 1847790534 9781781700280 1781700281

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22573/ctt15551b4 JSTOR

2003056225


To 1500


Women--History--England--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Aristocracy (Social class)--History--England--To 1500.
Power (Social sciences)--History--England--To 1500.
Women--Political activity--History--England--To 1500.
Nobility--History--England--To 1500.
Normans--Great Britain.
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
HISTORY--Medieval.
Aristocracy (Social class)
Nobility.
Normans.
Power (Social sciences)
Women--Middle Ages.
Women--Political activity.
Adel
Adel.
Vrouwen.
Macht.
Frau.


Great Britain--History--Norman period, 1066-1154.
England.
Great Britain.
Anglonormannen.

Humaniora Historie.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

HQ1599.E5 / J64 2003eb

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