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Record Number:
16364
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Parsons , John Carmi.
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Title:
The Medieval Aristocratic Teenaged Female: Adolescent or Adult? [The author argues that there was a more "fluid scale of ages" for women than for men, particularly involving royalty and the nobility. Young women could act decisively and authoritatively when helping their husbands or protecting their children. Parsons points to the case of Isabelle of Hainaut who at fourteen performed a dramatic public prayer to win public support and prevent her husband's planned divorce. Elizabeth Plantagenet, Countess of Holland, at fiften years enlisted the help of the Hague's burgers to rescue her young husband who had been kidnapped by the regent. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
The Premodern Teenager: Youth in Society, 1150-1650. Edited by Konrad Eisenbichler. Publications of the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Essays and Studies, 1. Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2002. Pages 311 - 321.
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Article Type:
Essay
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Countesses
Elizabeth Plantagenet, Wife of Jan I, Count of Holland
Female Adolescents
Girls
Intercession
Isabelle of Hainaut, Wife of Philippe II Auguste, King of France
Life Cycle
Noble Women
Politics
Queens
Wives
Women in Active Roles
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Geographic Area:
France;Low Countries
Century:
12-13
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Year of Publication:
2002.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0772720185