Welsh noblewomen in the thirteenth century
Subtitle: an historical study of medieval Welsh law and gender roles
By: Gwenyth Richards ; with a foreword by Jane Cartwright.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780773446724
Subjects: Women -- Wales -- History -- To 1500; Women -- Wales -- Historiography; Nobility -- Wales -- History -- To 1500; Women -- Wales -- Biography; Nobility -- Wales -- Biography; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Wales -- History -- To 1500; Sex role -- Wales -- History -- To 1500; Wales -- History -- 1063-1284; Wales -- History -- 1063-1284 -- Historiography; Wales -- Social conditions
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Languishing in the footnotes : women and Welsh medieval historiography; title: Negotiating behind the scenes : Senana ferch Caradog; title: The daughters of Llywelyn Fawr; title: Margaret of Bromfield; title: Abduction and rape of the King's baroness : Maud Clifford; title: Legitimising the conquest of Wales : Anglo-Norman noblewomen who married Welsh noblemen; title: The Welsh laws of women; title: Certain Welsh nuns; title: South and central Wales : Native Welsh noblewomen in the historical and literary record; title: Conclusion; title: Genealogical tables.