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"This elegantly written volume turns upside down prejudices and idees recues concerning society, family, and women in the Middle Ages."-The Medieval Review

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"Gender studies and revisionist scholarship at its best. Presenting hard facts of solid research, this elegantly written volume turns upside down prejudices and idées reçues concerning society, family, and women in the Middle Ages." * The Medieval Review *

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
—Kimberly A. LoPrete Theodore Evergates
1. Adela of Blois: Familial Alliances and Female Lordship
—Kimberly A. LoPrete
2. Aristocratic Women in the Chartrain
—Amy Livingstone
3. Aristocratic Women in the County of Champagne
—Theodore Evergates
4. Countesses as Rulers in Flanders
—Karen S. Nicholas
5. Women, Poets, and Politics in Occitania
—Fredric L. Cheyette
Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

Aristocratic Women in Medieval France The Middle

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/1999
      ISBN13: 9780812217001, 978-0812217001
      ISBN10: 0812217004

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "This elegantly written volume turns upside down prejudices and idees recues concerning society, family, and women in the Middle Ages."-The Medieval Review

      Trade Review
      "Gender studies and revisionist scholarship at its best. Presenting hard facts of solid research, this elegantly written volume turns upside down prejudices and idées reçues concerning society, family, and women in the Middle Ages." * The Medieval Review *

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Introduction
      —Kimberly A. LoPrete Theodore Evergates
      1. Adela of Blois: Familial Alliances and Female Lordship
      —Kimberly A. LoPrete
      2. Aristocratic Women in the Chartrain
      —Amy Livingstone
      3. Aristocratic Women in the County of Champagne
      —Theodore Evergates
      4. Countesses as Rulers in Flanders
      —Karen S. Nicholas
      5. Women, Poets, and Politics in Occitania
      —Fredric L. Cheyette
      Notes
      Bibliography
      List of Contributors
      Index

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