Women, Power, and Religious Patronage in the Middle Ages
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Description
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. [From the publisher]
ISBN
9781403966568
Publication Date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
City
New York, NY
Keywords
Jeanne of Flanders, Marguerite of Flanders, Religious patronage, Women, Political power
Disciplines
European History | Medieval History | Women's History | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Jordan, Erin L., "Women, Power, and Religious Patronage in the Middle Ages" (2006). History Faculty Bookshelf. 33.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_books/33