Noblewomen, aristocracy and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm

Titel: Noblewomen, aristocracy and power in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm
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Veröffentlicht: [S.I.]œ : Manchester University Press, 2003
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Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 9780719063046
  • Tables and Figures
  • p. VIII
  • Preface
  • p. IX
  • Abbreviations
  • p. XI
  • 1
  • Introduction
  • p. 1
  • Part I
  • Literary sources
  • 2
  • Power and portrayal
  • p. 13
  • 3
  • Patronage and power
  • p. 30
  • Part II
  • Noblewomen and power: the charter evidence
  • 4
  • Countesses
  • p. 53
  • 5
  • Witnessing
  • p. 81
  • 6
  • Countergifts and affidation
  • p. 107
  • 7
  • Seals
  • p. 122
  • 8
  • Women of the lesser nobility
  • p. 152
  • 9
  • Royal inquests and the power of noblewomen: the Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de XII Comitatibus of 1185
  • p. 165
  • 10
  • Conclusion
  • p. 195
  • Appendix 1
  • Catalogue of seals from the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries
  • p. 203
  • Appendix 2
  • Noblewomen in the Rotuli de Dominabus
  • p. 231
  • Bibliography
  • p. 247
  • Index
  • p. 269