TY - GEN N2 - This work tells the story of how the abbesses of the monastery of Sainte-Croix in Poitiers, France gained the respect and support of powerful male officials, such as the king and the pope, throughout the Middle Ages, primarily by drawing upon the strategies for winning support of Saint Radegund, a sixth century queen and founder of the monastery. AB - This work tells the story of how the abbesses of the monastery of Sainte-Croix in Poitiers, France gained the respect and support of powerful male officials, such as the king and the pope, throughout the Middle Ages, primarily by drawing upon the strategies for winning support of Saint Radegund, a sixth century queen and founder of the monastery. T1 - Superior women :medieval female authority in Poitiers' Abbey of Sainte-Croix / AU - Edwards, Jennifer, ET - First edition. CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BX2615.P6 N1 - This edition also issued in print: 2019. ID - 892405 KW - Abbesses, Christian KW - Power (Social sciences) SN - 9780191874529 TI - Superior women :medieval female authority in Poitiers' Abbey of Sainte-Croix / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837923.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837923.001.0001 ER -