Capetian Women (The New Middle Ages)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 5, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780312294489
Subjects: Colleges of further education; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Rank & titles; Women's studies; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Medieval; Royalty; Women; Social Science / Women's Studies; Women's Studies - General; Biography; Capet, House of; France; History; Queens; To 1500
First sentence: In the spring of 1027, Bishop Fulbert of Chartres wrote a fellow bishop that he would not attend the imminent consecration of King Robert II's son because he was "frightened away by the savagery of his mother, who is quite trustworthy when she promises evil, as is proved by her many memorable deeds."