Medieval women, material culture, and power : Matilda Plantagenet and her sisters /

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"This book argues that the impressive range of belongings that can be connected to Matilda Plantagenet, duchess of Saxony--textiles, illuminated manuscripts, coins, chronicles, charters, and literary texts--and her sisters allows us to perceive elite women's performance of power, even when...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jasperse, Jitske (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2020]
Colección:Gender and power in the premodern world
Temas:
Matilda, > Duchess, consort of Henry, Duke of Saxony, > 1156-1189.
Matilda, > Duchess, consort of Henry, Duke of Saxony, > 1156-1189
To 1500
Women > Europe > Social conditions.
Material culture > Europe > History > To 1500.
Personal belongings > Europe > History > To 1500.
Women > Europe > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Sex role > Europe > History > To 1500.
Power (Social sciences) > Europe > History > To 1500.
Femmes > Europe > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Europe > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
ART > History > Medieval.
Material culture
Personal belongings
Power (Social sciences)
Sex role
Women > Middle Ages
Women > Social conditions
Europe
Matilda of England.
Plantagenet.
art.
material culture.
medieval Germany.
power.
textile history.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • USAGE AND CONVENTIONS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION: MATERIAL CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF POWER
  • Chapter 1. Staging the Bride and her Treasure
  • Chapter 2. Small Items Making Big Impressions: Coins and Seals
  • Chapter 3. Devotion and Dynasty on Parchment
  • Chapter 4. Trappings Vested with Power
  • Epilogue: Materializing Power and Its Afterlife
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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