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" Women, power, and religious patronage in the Middle Ages "
Erin L. Jordan.
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555066
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Erin L Jordan
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Women, power, and religious patronage in the Middle Ages\ Erin L. Jordan.
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Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2006.
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New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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134973344X
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Introduction: Powerful women and religious patronage -- Accessing authority, 1206-14 -- Wielding power, 1214-80 -- Securing power through religious patronage -- Translating secular power into spiritual gains -- Conclusion.
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As sisters and successive countesses of Flanders and Hainaut in the thirteenth century, Jeanne and Marguerite actively shaped the political landscape of northern Europe, and compiled an impressive record of monastic patronage. By examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, and illuminatesAs sisters and successive countesses of Flanders and Hainaut in the thirteenth century, Jeanne and Marguerite actively shaped the political landscape of northern Europe, and compiled an impressive record of monastic patronage. By examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, and illuminatesAs sisters and successive countesses of Flanders and Hainaut in the thirteenth century, Jeanne and Marguerite actively shaped the political landscape of northern Europe, and compiled an impressive record of monastic patronage. By examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, and illuminates",,,,,"By examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, specifically offering aBy examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, specifically offering aglimpse of the experience of female rulers in a period when actions were often constrained and obscured by gender bias.By examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, specifically offering aBy examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, specifically offering aglimpse of the experience of female rulers in a period when actions were often constrained and obscured by gender bias.By examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, specifically offering aBy examining a significant corpus of secular and monastic charters, this study provides a more complex understanding of the role of religious patronage in medieval society, specifically offering aglimpse of the experience of female rulers in a period when actions were often constrained and obscured by gender bias.Read less
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Electronic books; History
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