Constance of France : womanhood and agency in twelfth-century Europe / Myra Miranda Bom.
2022
DC89.7.C66
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Title
Constance of France : womanhood and agency in twelfth-century Europe / Myra Miranda Bom.
Author
Bom, Myra M., author.
ISBN
9783031104299 (electronic bk.)
3031104293 (electronic bk.)
9783031104282
3031104285
3031104293 (electronic bk.)
9783031104282
3031104285
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xx, 316 pages) : illustrations (some color).
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10.1007/978-3-031-10429-9 doi
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DC89.7.C66
Dewey Decimal Classification
944/.022092
Summary
Constance of France: Womanhood and Agency in Twelfth-Century Europe is a biography of Constance of France, sister of King Louis VII of France. Myra Bom recovers Constances life story and puts it in its medieval context by examining the historical evidence of chronicles, charters, seal imprints and letters. The countesss long and interesting life makes for womens history with a large geographical scope, including France, England, Toulouse and the Latin East. It touches on many aspects of life during the Middle Ages such as birth, marriage and divorce, gender roles, experience of time, and expectation for the afterlife. Bom demonstrates how and to what extent medieval women could, and did, take control of their own lives. This book is an account of the interplay of historical context and agency. .
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New Middle Ages (Palgrave (Firm))
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Girl is Born
Chapter 3: The Politics of Marriage: England
Chapter 4: Models of Queenship
Chapter 5: A New Marriage: Toulouse
Chapter 6: Leaving the Count
Chapter 7: Care for the Soul
Chapter 8: To Jerusalem
Chapter 9: Conclusion. .
Chapter 2: A Girl is Born
Chapter 3: The Politics of Marriage: England
Chapter 4: Models of Queenship
Chapter 5: A New Marriage: Toulouse
Chapter 6: Leaving the Count
Chapter 7: Care for the Soul
Chapter 8: To Jerusalem
Chapter 9: Conclusion. .