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Capetian Women (The New Middle Ages)
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Description for Capetian Women (The New Middle Ages)
Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): Nolan, Kathleen. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 302 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTG; JFSJ1; JNMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312294489
SKU
V9780312294489
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KATHLEEN NOLAN is Associate Editor of art history at Vanderbilt University, USA.
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