Book 2018

Noblewomen, Aristocracy and Power in the Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Realm

Susan M Johns Pamela Sharpe Penny Summerfield Lynn Abrams Cordelia Beattie

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Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 2018

Aristocracy (Social class)
History
Nobility
Normans
Power (Social sciences)
Women
Women in politics
Political activity

This is a study of noblewomen in 12th century England and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. It draws on a rich mix of evidence to offer an important reconceptualism of women's role in aristocratic society, and in doing so suggests new ways of looking at lordship.