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Author |
: K. Nolan |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 302 |
Release |
: 2016-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137098351 |
ISBN-13 |
: 113709835X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Capetian Women by : K. Nolan
Never before have the women of the Capetian royal dynasty in France been the subject of a study in their own right. The new research in Capetian Women challenges old paradigms about the restricted roles of royal women, uncovering their influence in social, religious, cultural and even political spheres. The scholars in the volume consider medieval chroniclers' responses to the independent actions of royal women as well as modern historians' use of them as vehicles for constructing the past. The essays also delineate the creation of reginal identity through cultural practices such as religious patronage and the commissioning of manuscripts, tomb sculpture, and personal seals.
Author |
: Therese Martin |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 1185 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004185555 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004185550 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reassessing the Roles of Women as 'Makers' of Medieval Art and Architecture (2 Vol. Set) by : Therese Martin
The twenty-four studies in this volume propose a new approach to framing the debate around the history of medieval art and architecture to highlight the multiple roles played by women, moving beyond today's standard division of artist from patron.
Author |
: Kim M. Phillips |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 2015-04-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781350995826 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1350995827 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages by : Kim M. Phillips
The medieval era has been described as 'the Age of Chivalry' and 'the Age of Faith' but also as 'the Dark Ages'. Medieval women have often been viewed as subject to a punishing misogyny which limited their legal rights and economic activities, but some scholars have claimed they enjoyed a 'rough and ready equality' with men. The contrasting figures of Eve and the Virgin Mary loom over historians' interpretations of the period 1000-1500. Yet a wealth of recent historiography goes behind these conventional motifs, showing how medieval women's lives were shaped by status, age, life-stage, geography and religion as well as by gender. A Cultural History of Women in the Middle Ages presents essays on medieval women's life cycle, bodies and sexuality, religion and popular beliefs, medicine and disease, public and private realms, education and work, power, and artistic representation to illustrate the diversity of medieval women's lives and constructions of femininity.
Author |
: Jim Bradbury |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 361 |
Release |
: 2007-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826424914 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826424910 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Capetians by : Jim Bradbury
Following the demise of the Carolingian dynasty in 987 the French lords chose Hugh Capet as their king. He was the founder of a dynasty that lasted until 1328. Although for much of this time, the French kings were weak, and the kingdom of France was much smaller than it later became, the Capetians nevertheless had considerable achievements and also produced outstanding rulers, including Philip Augustus and St Louis. This wide-ranging book throws fascinating light on the history of Medieval France and the development of European monarchy.
Author |
: Catherine Hanley |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 493 |
Release |
: 2022-08-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300268669 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300268661 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Two Houses, Two Kingdoms by : Catherine Hanley
An exhilarating, accessible chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary story The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or petty feuding between kings and queens could determine the course of history. The Capetians of France and the Angevins of England waged war, made peace, and intermarried. The lands under the control of the English king once reached to within a few miles of Paris, and those ruled by the French house, at their apogee, crossed the Channel and encompassed London itself. In this lively, engaging history, Catherine Hanley traces the great clashes, and occasional friendships, of the two dynasties. Along the way, she emphasizes the fascinating and influential women of the houses—including Eleanor of Aquitaine and Blanche of Castille—and shows how personalities and familial bonds shaped the fate of two countries. This is a tale of two intertwined dynasties that shaped the present and the future of England and France, told through the stories of the people involved.
Author |
: Zita Eva Rohr |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2016-10-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319312835 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319312839 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600 by : Zita Eva Rohr
This edited collection opens new ways to look at queenship in areas and countries not usually studied and reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary work and geographic range of the field. This book is a forerunner in queenship and re-invents the reputations of the women and some of the men. The contributors answers questions about the nature of queenship, reputation of queens, and gender roles in the medieval and early modern west. The essays question the viability of propaganda, gossip, and rumor that still characterizes some queens in modern histories. The wide geographic range covered by the contributors moves queenship studies beyond France and England to understudied places such as Sweden and Hungary. Even the essays on more familiar countries explores areas not usually studied, such as the role of Edward II’s stepmother, Margaret of France in Gaveston’s downfall. The chapters clearly have a common thread and the editors’ summary and description of the collection is valuable in assisting the reader. The collection is divided into two sections “Biography, Gossip, and History” and “Politics, Ambition, and Scandal.” The editors and contributors, including Zita Eva Rohr and Elena Woodacre, are scholars at the top of their field and several and engage and debate with recent scholarship. This collection will appeal internationally to literary scholars and gender studies scholars as well historians interested in the countries included in the collection.
Author |
: Theresa Earenfight |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2017-09-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137303929 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137303921 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Queenship in Medieval Europe by : Theresa Earenfight
Medieval queens led richly complex lives and were highly visible women active in a man's world. Linked to kings by marriage, family, and property, queens were vital to the institution of monarchy. In this comprehensive and accessible introduction to the study of queenship, Theresa Earenfight documents the lives and works of queens and empresses across Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages. The book: - Introduces pivotal research and sources in queenship studies, and includes exciting and innovative new archival research - Highlights four crucial moments across the full span of the Middle Ages – ca. 300, 700, 1100, and 1350 – when Christianity, education, lineage, and marriage law fundamentally altered the practice of queenship - Examines theories and practices of queenship in the context of wider issues of gender, authority, and power. This is an invaluable and illuminating text for students, scholars and other readers interested in the role of royal women in medieval society.
Author |
: Sean L. Field |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 191 |
Release |
: 2019-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501736216 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501736213 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Courting Sanctity by : Sean L. Field
The rise of the Capetian dynasty across the long thirteenth century, which rested in part on the family's perceived sanctity, is a story most often told through the actions of male figures, from Louis IX's metamorphosis into "Saint Louis" to Philip IV's attacks on Pope Boniface VIII. In Courting Sanctity, Sean L. Field argues that, in fact, holy women were central to the Capetian's self-presentation as being uniquely favored by God. Tracing the shifting relationship between holy women and the French royal court, he shows that the roles and influence of these women were questioned and reshaped under Philip III and increasingly assumed to pose physical, spiritual, and political threats by the time of Philip IV's death. Field's narrative highlights six holy women. The saintly reputations of Isabelle of France and Douceline of Digne helped to crystalize the Capetians' claims of divine favor by 1260. In the 1270s, the French court faced a crisis that centered on the testimony of Elizabeth of Spalbeek, a visionary holy woman from the Low Countries. After 1300, the arrests and interrogations of Paupertas of Metz, Margueronne of Bellevillette, and Marguerite Porete served to bolster Philip IV's crusades against the dangers supposedly threatening the kingdom of France. Courting Sanctity thus reassesses key turning points in the ascent of the "most Christian" Capetian court through examinations of the lives and images of the holy women that the court sanctified or defamed.
Author |
: Emma O. Bérat |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2024-01-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781009434775 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1009434772 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women's Genealogies in the Medieval Literary Imagination by : Emma O. Bérat
Uncovering the many striking female alternatives to patrilineal narratives in medieval texts, Emma O. Bérat explores strategies of writing and illustration that creatively and purposefully depict women's legacies. Genealogy, used to justify a character's present power and project it onto the future, was crucial to medieval political, literary, and historical thought. While patrilineage often limited women to exceptional or passive roles, other genealogical forms that represent and promote women's claims are widespread in medieval texts. Female characters transmit power through book patronage and reading, enduring landmarks, and international travel, as well as childbearing and succession. These flexible – if messy – genealogies reflect the web of political, biological, and spiritual relations that frequently characterized elite women's lives. Examining hagiography, chronicles, genealogical rolls, and French, English, and Latin romances, as well as associated codices and images, Bérat highlights the centrality of female characters and historical women to this fundamental aspect of medieval consciousness.
Author |
: Brigitte Bedos-Rezak |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2010-11-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004192171 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004192174 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis When Ego Was Imago by : Brigitte Bedos-Rezak
The diffusion of personal signs of identity during the twelfth century introduced individuals to mediated forms of communication. The book analyses the conditions for and the implications of their partnering with material signs and images in expressing self and accountability.