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Challenging the boundaries between military and gender history, and surveying a vast range of contemporary sources,this is the first account in English of the entire, 40-year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction: Matilda of Canossa and the ‘Investiture Contest’
1. Going to Canossa: Matilda’s rise to power, 1046-74
2. Baptism by fire: The outbreak of war to the Battle of Sorbara, 1075-84
3. A ‘Feminine triumph’: Matilda’s counterattack and the emperor’s defeat, 1085-95
4. La Gran Contessa: Matilda’s later campaigns, 1096-1115
5. ‘Weakness of sex’: Matilda and medieval constructions of gender
Conclusions: Matilda’s campaigns and the study of women’s military leadership
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 12/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719073595, 978-0719073595
      ISBN10: 0719073596

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Challenging the boundaries between military and gender history, and surveying a vast range of contemporary sources,this is the first account in English of the entire, 40-year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Matilda of Canossa and the ‘Investiture Contest’
      1. Going to Canossa: Matilda’s rise to power, 1046-74
      2. Baptism by fire: The outbreak of war to the Battle of Sorbara, 1075-84
      3. A ‘Feminine triumph’: Matilda’s counterattack and the emperor’s defeat, 1085-95
      4. La Gran Contessa: Matilda’s later campaigns, 1096-1115
      5. ‘Weakness of sex’: Matilda and medieval constructions of gender
      Conclusions: Matilda’s campaigns and the study of women’s military leadership
      Bibliography
      Index

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