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Based on a comprehensive re-evaluation of unpublished and published charters, letters, poems, and narrative sources, this is the first scholarly volume devoted to the life and political career of Adela, the youngest daughter of William the Conqueror ( c.1067-1137), who ruled as countess of Blois, Chartres and Meaux for over twenty years. Well-known to literary historians for generations, Adela, in this study, emerges as an active and able lord who used her status, literacy, wealth, familial and feudal networks and authoritative comital powers to intervene decisively in the turbulent power
| Author: |
LoPrete, Kimberly A.
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| Publisher: |
Intl Specialized Book Service Inc |
| Publish Date: |
Feb 2007 |
| ISBN-13: |
9781851825639 |
| ISBN-10: |
1851825630 |
| Format: |
Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: |
663 |
| Shipping Weight (in pounds): |
2.65
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| Product in Inches (L x W x H): |
6.5 x 2.2 x 9.3
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