| Description |
1 online resource (x, 134 pages) |
| Series |
Library of medieval women |
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Library of medieval women.
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| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Daughters of power; 2. Growing up in the Rožmberk household; 3. Education and training; 4. Perchta's siblings; 5. Anéžka, the unmarried sister; 6. Property and marriage gifts; 7. John of Lichtenštejn; The Correspondence of Perchta and Anéžka of Rožmberk; Interpretive Essay; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The letters of Perchta and Anezka offer an illuminating insight into how two aristocractic women in fifteenth-century Bohemia saw themselves and their lives. The central topic is Perchta's deep unhappiness at her father's choice of husband for her. This rare discussion of a situation that must have faced many women in the middle ages is valuable for its illustration of how much a woman might do to influence plans made for her, made all the more interesting by the vigorous personalities of the two sisters and the incidental illumination of family and castle life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references pages 129-132) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rožmberka, Perchta z, active 15th century -- Correspondence
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Rožmberk, Anéžka, active 15th century -- Correspondence
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Rožmberk family.
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| SUBJECT |
Rožmberk, Anéžka, active 15th century fast |
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Rožmberk family fast |
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Rožmberka, Perchta z, active 15th century fast |
| Subject |
Families -- Czech Republic -- Bohemia -- History -- 15th century -- Sources
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Letters.
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Families
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Social life and customs -- 15th century -- Sources
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| Subject |
Czech Republic -- Bohemia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Personal correspondence
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Klassen, John M.
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Doležalová, Eva.
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Szabo, Lynn.
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| ISBN |
9780585490830 |
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058549083X |
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9781846151057 |
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1846151058 |
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1280545313 |
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9781280545313 |
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9786610545315 |
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6610545316 |
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