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Palgrave Women Power And Religious Patronage In The Middle Ages 2006 Edition by E. Jordan
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 a glimpse of the experience of female rulers in a period when actions were often constrained and obscured by gender bias. Table of contents : Introduction: The Countesses of Flanders and Hainaut Power and Authority in the Thirteenth Century: Noblewomen as Political Actors The Paradox of Gender: Exercising Power in a Patriarchal World The Conjunction of Piety and Politics Securing Salvation: Religious Patronage and Women Conclusion