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.
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In the spring of 1027, Bishop Fulbert of Chartres wrote a fellow bishop that he would not attend the imminent consecration of King Robert II's son because he was "frightened away by the savagery of his mother, who is quite trustworthy when she promises evil, as is proved by her many memorable deeds." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Ingeborg Psalter, Middle Ages, Blanche of Castile, New York, Philip Augustus, Old Testament, John Carmi Parsons, Capetian France, Adelaide of Maurienne, Blanche de Castille, Ingeborg of Denmark, Bienheureuse Isabelle, Marguerite of Provence, Queen Mary Psalter, Bernard of Clairvaux, British Library, Der Ingeborgpsalter, Kathleen Nolan, Pauline Stafford, Royal Succession, Count Odo, Isabelle of France, King Robert, University of California Press, Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek New!
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In the spring of 1027, Bishop Fulbert of Chartres wrote a fellow bishop that he would not attend the imminent consecration of King Robert II's son because he was "frightened away by the savagery of his mother, who is quite trustworthy when she promises evil, as is proved by her many memorable deeds." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prefatory cycle, medieval queenship, roi est mort, legitimate queen, royal symbolism, tomb slab, dower lands, historiated initials, medieval women, cultural patronage, royal women, tomb sculpture, royal wives, des actes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ingeborg Psalter, Middle Ages, Blanche of Castile, New York, Philip Augustus, Old Testament, John Carmi Parsons, Capetian France, Adelaide of Maurienne, Blanche de Castille, Ingeborg of Denmark, Bienheureuse Isabelle, Marguerite of Provence, Queen Mary Psalter, Bernard of Clairvaux, British Library, Der Ingeborgpsalter, Kathleen Nolan, Pauline Stafford, Royal Succession, Count Odo, Isabelle of France, King Robert, University of California Press, Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek New!
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