03372nam 22006855 450 991062928040332120251009100357.0978303110428230311042859783031104299(electronic bk.)3031104293(electronic bk.)10.1007/978-3-031-10429-9(MiAaPQ)EBC7135384(Au-PeEL)EBL7135384(CKB)25315248600041(DE-He213)978-3-031-10429-9(EXLCZ)992531524860004120221112d2022 u| 0engurcn#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConstance of France Womanhood and Agency in Twelfth-Century Europe /by Myra Miranda Bom1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2022.1 online resource (328 pages) illustrations (some color)The New Middle Ages,2945-5944Print version: Bom, Myra M. Constance of France. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022 9783031104282 (OCoLC)1338681053 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Girl is Born -- Chapter 3: The Politics of Marriage: England -- Chapter 4: Models of Queenship -- Chapter 5: A New Marriage: Toulouse -- Chapter 6: Leaving the Count -- Chapter 7: Care for the Soul -- Chapter 8: To Jerusalem -- Chapter 9: Conclusion. .Constance of France: Womanhood and Agency in Twelfth-Century Europe is a biography of Constance of France, sister of King Louis VII of France. Myra Bom recovers Constance’s life story and puts it in its medieval context by examining the historical evidence of chronicles, charters, seal imprints and letters. The countess’s long and interesting life makes for women’s history with a large geographical scope, including France, England, Toulouse and the Latin East. It touches on many aspects of life during the Middle Ages such as birth, marriage and divorce, gender roles, experience of time, and expectation for the afterlife. Bom demonstrates how and to what extent medieval women could, and did, take control of their own lives. This book is an account of the interplay of historical context and agency. .The New Middle Ages,2945-5944Literature, MedievalEuropeHistory476-1492FranceHistoryCreative nonfictionMedieval LiteratureHistory of Medieval EuropeHistory of FranceLiterature, Gender and SexualityNon-Fiction LiteratureLiterature, Medieval.EuropeHistory476-1492.FranceHistory.Creative nonfiction.Medieval Literature.History of Medieval Europe.History of France.Literature, Gender and Sexuality.Non-Fiction Literature.944.10230922944.022092Bom Myra M.1439453MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910629280403321Constance of France3601636UNINA