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Women, Power, and Religious Patronage in the Middle Ages

Women, Power, and Religious Patronage in the Middle Ages

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.

Keywords

HistoryEuropeMedievalLiterary CriticismSocial ScienceGender StudiesAncient & ClassicalReligion

2006Book

Author(s)Erin L. Jordan

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9781403966568

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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