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Gender, Family and the Legitimation of Power: England from the Ninth to Early Twelfth Century (Variorum Collected Studies) - Hardcover

Stafford, Pauline

 
9780860789949: Gender, Family and the Legitimation of Power: England from the Ninth to Early Twelfth Century (Variorum Collected Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0860789942 ISBN 13: 9780860789949
Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

This collection of studies by Pauline Stafford brings together a series of essays on Anglo-Saxon and early Norman England. Virtually all focus on political life, and with the highest levels of English society: with the king, the royal family and the elites, though one hitherto unpublished essay treats the interactions of king, lord and community across a broad social spectrum. All are concerned with issues of family, succession, inheritance and land holding. The perspectives of these essays range from that of a women's history chiefly interested in restoring women to a place in these politics, to one which focuses attention on the textual uses of women and family. Re-readings of charters and narrative histories, especially from these gendered perspectives, offer new insight into English political history, raise questions about central sources, such as Domesday Book, and question some received historiographies.

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About the Author

Pauline Stafford is Professor and Head of the Department of History at the University of Liverpool, UK.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0860789942
ISBN 13 
9780860789949
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
352