Capetian Women

Never before have the women of the Capetian royal dynasty in France been the subject of a study in their own right. The new research in Capetian Women challenges old paradigms about the restricted roles of royal women, uncovering their influence in social, religious, cultural and even political spheres. The scholars in the volume consider medieval chroniclers' responses to the independent actions of royal women as well as modern historians' use of them as vehicles for constructing the past. The essays also delineate the creation of reginal identity through cultural practices such as religious patronage and the commissioning of manuscripts, tomb sculpture, and personal seals.

Author: K. Nolan
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/29/2004
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.76h x 5.96w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780312294489

About the Author
KATHLEEN NOLAN is Associate Editor of art history at Vanderbilt University, USA.