Women, power, and religious patronage in the Middle Ages / Erin L. Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, Erin L.

Series:

New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

The new Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--France--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.

Women.

History.

France.

Women--Flanders--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.

France--History--Medieval period, 987-1515.

Jeanne, comtesse de Flandre, approximately 1200-1244.

Jeanne.

Margaret II, Countess of Flanders, 1202-1280.

Margaret.

Hainaut (County)--History--To 1500.

Hainaut (County).

Flanders--History--To 1500.

Flanders.

Physical Description:

viii, 193 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

"Women, Power and Religious Patronage" explores the actions of Jeanne and Marguerite, sisters and successive countesses of Flanders and Hainaut in the thirteenth century, on behalf of monastic communities within their domains in order to explore the meaning of religious patronage more fully and to produce a more complex understanding of the relationship between noblewomen and power during this pivotal period.

Contents:

Introduction: Powerful Women and Religious Patronage 1

1 Accessing Authority: 1206-14 17

2 Wielding Power: 1214-80 37

3 Securing Power through Religious Patronage 61

4 Translating Secular Power into Spiritual Gains 87

Appendix 1 Monastic and Religious Foundations in Thirteenth-Century Flanders and Hainaut 117

Appendix 2 Genealogy of the Counts of Flanders and Hainaut 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-190) and index.

ISBN:

1403966567

OCLC:

62393238

Publisher Number:

9781403966568

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