TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nash,Penelope
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda: Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society 
T2  - Queenship and Power
SN  - 9781137585141
AV  - D111-203 
U1  - 940.902 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan US, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Europe—History—476-1492
KW  - Social history
KW  - Europe—History
KW  - Sociology
KW  - History of Medieval Europe
KW  - Social History
KW  - European History
KW  - Gender Studies
N1  - 1. Introduction: Masterful and Formidable Ladies -- 2. Kin and Kith: Keeping Friends and Placating Enemies -- 3. Land: Building and Maintaining a Property Portfolio -- 4. Rule: Models of Rulership and the Tools of Justice; Available to subscribing member institutions only. Доступно лише організаціям членам підписки
N2  - This book compares two successful, elite women, Empress Adelheid (931-999) and Countess Matilda (1046-1115), for their relative ability to retain their wealth and power in the midst of the profound social changes of the eleventh century. The careers of the Ottonian queen and empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda of Tuscany reveal a growth of opportunities for women to access wealth and power. These two women are analyzed under three categories: their relationships with family and friends, how they managed their property (particularly land), and how they ruled. This analysis encourages a better understanding of gender relations in both the past and the present.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58514-1
ER  -