Penelope Nash: 1 book
Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda
Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
This book compares two successful, elite women, Empress Adelheid (931-999) and Countess Matilda (1046-1115), for their relative ability to retain their wealth and power in the midst of the profound social changes of the eleventh century. The careers of the Ottonian queen and empress Adelheid and Countess...
