Capetian Women

Bys: Parsons, John Carmi and Nolan, Kathleen D.

Book Overview

Never before have the women of the Capetian royal dynasty in France been the subject of a study in their own right. The new research in Capetian Women challenges old paradigms about the restricted roles of royal women, uncovering their influence in social, religious, cultural and even political spheres. The scholars in the volume consider medieval chroniclers' responses to the independent actions of royal women as well as modern historians' use of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312294484
• ISBN13: 9780312294489
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"