Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 4355
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  • Title: Adela of Blois: Familial Alliances and Female Lordship
  • Source: Aristocratic Women in Medieval France.  Edited by Theodore Evergates.  University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.  Pages 7 - 43.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Adela, Countess of Blois Countesses Diplomacy Noble Women Politics Power Rulers
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 11
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  • Illustrations: One genealogical chart. Four generations of the Thibaudians.
  • Table: One map. The lands of Countess Adela with the episcopal cities and monasteries marked.
  • Abstract:
  • Related Resources: The opening essay of the volume, Kimberly A. LoPrete's Adela of Blois: Familial Alliances and Female Lordship" presents an exceptional case, the life of the youngest daughter of William the Conqueror. Both Adela's circumstances and her power were exceptio
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0812235037