Noblewomen, aristocracy and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm
By: Susan M. Johns.
Series: Gender in history
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Women -- Great Britain -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500; Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Power (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Women in politics -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Normans -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154
Description: This is a study of noblewomen in 12th century England and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. It draws on a rich mix of evidence to offer an important reconceptualism of women's role in aristocratic society, and in doing so suggests new ways of looking at lordship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-268) and index.
Based on the author's doctoral dissertation (Ph. D. : University of Cardiff).
Table of contents: title: Power and portrayal; title: Patronage and power; title: Countesses; title: Witnessing; title: Countergifts and affidation; title: Seals; title: Women of the lesser nobility; title: Royal inquests and the power of noblewomen : the Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de XII Comitatibus of 1185.