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Constance of France : womanhood and agency in twelfth-century Europe / Myra Miranda Bom.

9783031104299 (electronic bk.)
3031104293 (electronic bk.)
9783031104282
3031104285

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]

©2022

English

1 online resource (xx, 316 pages) : illustrations (some color).

10.1007/978-3-031-10429-9 doi

DC89.7.C66

944/.022092

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. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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