Title Noblewomen, aristocracy and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm / Susan M. Johns

Published Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; 2003 New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003

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Description 1 electronic resource (xii, 276 pages ) Series Gender in history Gender in history. Contents 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 Summary 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 Analysis Humaniora Historie Notes Based on the author's doctoral dissertation (Ph. D. : University of Cardiff) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index Notes English Description based on print version record; resource not viewed Subject Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 Normans -- Great Britain Power (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 Women -- Political activity -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 Women -- Great Britain -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 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 Frau Adel. Vrouwen. Macht. SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056738 Subject Great Britain. Anglonormannen. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book LC no. 2020716596 ISBN 1417590548 9781417590544 9781847790538 1847790534 9781781700280 1781700281

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