The letters of the Rožmberk sisters : noblewomen in fifteenth-century Bohemia : translated from Czech and German with introduction, notes and interpretive essay /
The letters of Perchta and Anezka offer an illuminating insight into how two aristocractic women in fifteenth-century Bohemia saw themselves and their lives. The central topic is Perchta's deep unhappiness at her father's choice of husband for her. This rare discussion of a situation that...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Checo Alemán |
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Cambridge ; Rochester, NY :
D.S. Brewer,
2001.
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Colección: | Library of medieval women.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Daughters of power; 2. Growing up in the Rožmberk household; 3. Education and training; 4. Perchta's siblings; 5. Anéžka, the unmarried sister; 6. Property and marriage gifts; 7. John of Lichtenštejn; The Correspondence of Perchta and Anéžka of Rožmberk; Interpretive Essay; Select Bibliography; Index