Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100–1400: Moving beyond the Exceptionalist Debate (The New Middle Ages) by Heather J. Tanner

Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100–1400: Moving beyond the Exceptionalist Debate (The New Middle Ages)

Heather J. Tanner

310 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
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For decades, medieval scholarship has been dominated by the paradigm that women who wielded power after c. 1100 were exceptions to the “rule” of female exclusion from governance and the public sphere. This collection makes a powerful case for a ne...

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