Eleanor of Castile: Queen and Society in Thirteenth-Century France

by John C. Parsons

Medievalist feminist studies' early concentration on the lives of prominent women has more recently given way to an interest in their less exalted sisters. Historians have seemingly avoided the careers of medieval queens, creatures of romance and legend, women who enjoyed rank and wealth merely as a consequence of birth or marriage. A renewed interest in such women has, however, followed the opening of new avenues to the study of women and power in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312172974
• ISBN13: 9780312172978
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"