TY - GEN 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. AU - Edwards, Jennifer, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BX2615.P6 ET - First edition. ID - 892405 KW - Abbesses, Christian KW - Power (Social sciences) LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837923.001.0001 N1 - This edition also issued in print: 2019. 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. SN - 9780191874529 T1 - Superior women :medieval female authority in Poitiers' Abbey of Sainte-Croix / TI - Superior women :medieval female authority in Poitiers' Abbey of Sainte-Croix / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837923.001.0001 ER -