Author: JohnsSusan M
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Keywords: anglo, norman, realm, century, twelfth, aristocracy, power, noblewomen
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2003-01-01
ISBN-10: 0719063043
ISBN-13: 9780719063046

This is the first study of noblewomen in twelfth-century England and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. It draws on a rich mix of evidence to offer an important reconceptualisation of women’s role in aristocratic society, and in doing so suggests new ways of looking at lordship and the ruling elite in the high middle ages. The book considers a wide range of literary sources such as chronicles, charters, seals and governmental records to draw out a detailed picture of noblewomen in the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman realm. It asserts the importance of the life-

Author: Wendy Rosslyn
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Keywords: lives, culture, russia, century, nineteenth, women
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 2012-01-02
ISBN-10: 1906924651
ISBN-13: 9781906924652

Russian women of the nineteenth century are often thought of in their literary incarnations as the heroines of novels such as Anna Karenina and War and Peace. But their real-life counterparts are now becoming better understood as active contributors to Russia's varied cultural landscape.This collection of essays examines the lives of women across Russia - from wealthy noblewomen in St Petersburg to desperately poor peasants in Siberia - discussing their interaction with the Church and the law, and their rich contribution to music, art, literature and theatre. It shows how women struggled for g