Courts, Elites, and Gendered Power in the Early Middle Ages
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A01=Janet L. Nelson
Author_Janet L. Nelson
Carolingian studies
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dynastic succession politics
early medieval masculinity
elite power structures
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gendered authority in medieval Europe
Gendering
medieval gender roles
Monks
Peers
royal women agency
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- ISBN 9780754659334
- Weight: 810g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jun 2007
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A major theme in the volume of articles by Janet Nelson is the usefulness of gender as a category of historical analysis. Papers range widely across early medieval time and geographical as well as social space, but most focus on the Carolingian period and on royalty and elites. The workings of dynastic political power are viewed in social as well as political context, and the author explores the realities of gendered power, which while constraining women, gave them distinctive possibilities for agency. These papers offer new perspectives on the Carolingian world in general and on Charlemagne's reign in particular.
Janet L. Nelson is Professor of Medieval History at King's College London, UK.
