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Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty, 1st ed. 2018
Women and Rule in Tenth-Century Germany
Queenship and Power Series
Author: Jestice Phyllis G.
Language: EnglishSubject for Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty:
Keywords
medieval German history; medieval women's history; medieval gender history; Ottonian queens; Ottonian Germany; Ottonian dynasty; crisis of 984; Empress Theophanu; Empress Adelheid; Otto III; exceptionalism; Duke Henry; Emperor Otto II; Henry the Quarrelsome; the German reich; Weibersystem; elite Ottonian women; tenth-century Europe
Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty
Publication date: 01-2019
300 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 01-2019
300 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Paperback
Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty
Publication date: 04-2018
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 04-2018
Support: Print on demand
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In tenth-century Europe and particularly in Germany, imperial women were able to wield power in ways that were scarcely imaginable in earlier centuries. Theophanu and Adelheid were two of the most influential figures in the Ottonian reich along with their husbands, who relied heavily on their support. Phyllis G. Jestice examines an array of factors that produced their power and prestige, including societal attitudes toward women, their wealth, their unction as queens, and their carefully constructed image of piety. Due to their influential positions, Theophanu and Adelheid reclaimed control of the young Otto III despite fierce opposition from Henry the Quarrelsome during the throne struggle of 984. In examining how they successfully secured the regency, this book confronts the outmoded notion of exceptionalism and illuminates the lives of powerful Ottonian women.
1. Introduction: The Road to Regency.- 2. Women in Tenth-Century Germany.- 3. Prestige Marriage.- 4. The Wealth of Queens.- 5. The Lord's Anointed.- 6. Piety as Power.- 7. Connections.- 8. Partners in Rule.- 9. 984.- 10. Regents.- 11. Epilogue: The Power of Royal Women?
Phyllis G. Jestice is Professor of Medieval History and chair of the Department of History at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA. She is the author of Wayward Monks and the Religious Revolution of the Eleventh Century (1997). Since then, her scholarly interests have come to focus on the tenth century, aided by Theophanu, a splendid calico cat.
Examines elite Ottonian women, particularly Theophanu and Adelheid, in the context of attitudes toward women in Germany of the central Middle Ages Presents arguments against the concept of exceptionalism—the idea that Ottonian royal women were treated and had powers very different from those of non-royal women Appeals to students and scholars of medieval history, German history, queenship and monarchy studies, and gender studies
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