Women, Power, And Religious Patronage In The Middle Ages

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.

• | By (Author): E. Jordan
• | Publisher: Palgrave USA
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2006
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 193 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1403966567
• | ISBN-13: 9781403966568