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Courts, Elites, and Gendered Power in the Early Middle Ages: Charlemagne and Others

By Janet L. Nelson

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2007
ISBN
075465933X, 9780754659334
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
108 MB (113685780 bytes)
Series
Variorum Collected Studies
Pages
352\347
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2024-09-10 02:33:56

Description

A major theme in the volume of articles by Janet Nelson is the usefulness of gender as a category of historical analysis. Papers range widely across early medieval time and geographical as well as social space, but most focus on the Carolingian period and on royalty and elites. The workings of dynastic political power are viewed in social as well as political context, and the author explores the realities of gendered power, which while constraining women, gave them distinctive possibilities for agency. These papers offer new perspectives on the Carolingian world in general and on Charlemagne's reign in particular.

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