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Record Number:
7811
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Mulder-Bakker , Anneke.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Jeanne of Valois: The Power of a Consort [The author argues that Jeanne of Valois exercised a variety of divergent powers in part changing with the stage of her lifecycle. Even as a widow in retirement at the family monastery, she was sought as a mediator for disagreements ranging from family feuds to international conflict. Title notes supplied by Feminae. ].
Source:
Capetian Women. Edited by Kathleen Nolan. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pages 253 - 269.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
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Chronicles
Countesses
Diplomacy
Historiography
History- Sources
Intercession
Jeanne of Valois, Countess of Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut, Wife of William III, Count of Holland and Hainaut
Life Cycle
Politics
Power
Princesses
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France;Low Countries
Century:
14
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Abstract:
Newly considered chronicle sources demonstrate that the Valois princess, Jeanne of Valois, exercised a wide range of princely powers as the countess of Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut. [(c) Kathleen Nolan. Reprinted with permission of Palgrave Macmillan.]
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Author's Affiliation:
University of Groningen
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2003.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0312294484