Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9162
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): MacLean , Simon.
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  • Title: Queenship, Nunneries, and Royal Widowhood in Carolingian Europe [The author traces the political implications of these three phenomena which came together very strongly during the second half of the ninth century. MacLean uses case studies of Empress Richgard's management of the monastery of Andlau in Alsace and of Empress Engelberga's administration of S. Sisto in Piacenza, Italy. In both instances the royal widows drew on natal family ties and regional connections to establish their authority. MacLean suggests that the rise in queenly influence at this period was in part an effort to establish a moral role for queens whose reputations had been badly tarnished by such events as Lothar's divorce. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: Past and Present 178, (February 2003): Pages 3 - 38.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Carolingian Dynasty Engelberga, Wife of Louis II, King of Italy Monasticism Morality Patronage, Ecclesiastical Politics Power Queens Queenship Richgard, Wife of Charles III the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor Widows Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: France;Italy
  • Century: 9
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of St. Andrews
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  • Year of Publication: 2003.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00312746