Gender, nation and conquest in the high Middle Ages: Nest of Deheubarth (Gender in History MUP) - Hardcover

Johns, Susan M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719089999 ISBN 13: 9780719089992

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Nest of Deheubarth was one of the most notorious women of the Middle Ages, mistress of Henry I and many other men, famously beautiful and strong-willed, object of one of the most notorious abduction/elopements of the period and ancestress of one of the most famous dynasties in medieval Ireland, the Fitzgeralds. This volume sheds light on women, gender, imperialism and conquest in the Middle Ages. From it emerges a picture of a woman who, though remarkable, was not exceptional, representative not of a group of victims or pawns in the dramatic transformations of the high Middle Ages but powerful and decisive actors. The book examines beauty, love, sex and marriage and the interconnecting identities of Nest as wife/concubine/mistress, both at the time and in the centuries since her death, when for Welsh writers and other commentators she has proved a powerful symbol.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This volume aims to provide a coherent working collection of texts for lecturers, teachers and students who wish to understand the experience of Jewish Europeans in this period.

About the Author:

Susan M. Johns is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at Bangor University

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0719089999
• ISBN 13: 9780719089992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304