Erika Graham-Goering

Princely Power in Late Medieval France

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9781108733434
• ISBN-10: 1108733433
• Artikelnr.: 62222899

Autorenporträt

Erika Graham-Goering is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of History at Ghent University where her research focuses on issues of lordship, reputation, and political and social ideologies in late medieval France. With extensive experience working in the national and departmental archives of France, she is the author of Aux origines de la guerre de succession de Bretagne (2019), a critical edition of documents from the 1341 Breton succession crisis.

Inhaltsangabe

Lists of illustrations
Acknowledgements
A note on names
Abbreviations
Introduction. Approaches to princely power
1. The career of Jeanne de Penthièvre
2. Concepts of power in Jeanne de Penthièvre's acta
3. Managing property: Inheritance and seigneurial partnerships
4. Managing people: Followers and service
5. Managing order: Con¿ict, negotiation, and women as lords
6. Debating the social context of princely power in 1341
7. Legitimate rule and the balance of power
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.