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 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.

• | Author: E. Jordan
• | Publisher: Palgrave USA
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2006
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781403966568
• | ISBN-10: 1403966567