Noblewomen, Aristocracy and Power in the Twelfth-century Anglo-Norman RealmThis 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 reconceptualization of women's role in aristocratic society, and in doing so suggests new ways of looking at lordship and the ruling elite in the high Middle Ages. charters, seals and governmental records, to draw out a detailed picture of noblewomen in the 12th-century Anglo-Norman realm. It asserts the importance of the life-cycle in determining the power of these aristocratic women, thereby demonstrating that the influence of gender on lordship was profound, complex and varied. studies, as well as those interested in the experience of women and those working on lordship and feudalism. |
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INTRODUCTION Contents | 1 |
Literary sources | 11 |
Power and portrayal | 27 |
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Abbey acta affidation Agnes Alice Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman Literature appended via tag Appendix Bertrada Cartulary Catalogue century Chester Charters Clerkenwell confirmed context countergifts countess of Chester countess of Gloucester Danelaw Danelaw Charters daughter daus depicts documents dower Earl Emma England example female life cycle fitz fleur-de-lys gender Geoffrey gift Gilbert Gloucester Charters grant Gundreda Harl Hawise heir heiress Henry Henry II Hugh husband Ibid important inheritance J. H. Round land tenure late twelfth late twelfth-century Lecia left hand librates Lincoln Castle London lordship Lucy Mabel male Margam Abbey Margaret maritagium marriage married Munteni Muriel noblewomen Orderic Vitalis Oxford Petronella Plaster cast Pointed oval political Queen Ranulf Ranulf II Record Richard right hand Robert Roger Rohais role Romanesque Art Rotuli de Dominabus royal Seals BM SIGILL SIGILLVM sister social status society Stafford standing female figure thirteenth thirteenth-century twelfth-century widows wife William witness list wives women's seals