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The first account in English of the entire, 40-year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Surveying a vast range of contemporary sources, it explains how Countess Matilda rose to the defense of the reforming popes, defeated the Holy Roman Emperor in battle and turned the tide of the so-called Investiture Contest..

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

The Military Leadership of Matilda of Canossa

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719073588, 978-0719073588
      ISBN10: 0719073588

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first account in English of the entire, 40-year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Surveying a vast range of contemporary sources, it explains how Countess Matilda rose to the defense of the reforming popes, defeated the Holy Roman Emperor in battle and turned the tide of the so-called Investiture Contest..

      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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