Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages by Miriam Shadis
Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages

Miriam Shadis

Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) and Political Women in the High Middle Ages

New Middle Ages

Miriam Shadis

251 pages first pub 2009 (view editions)

nonfiction politics informative medium-paced
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The women in the family which ruled thirteenth-century Castile used maternity, familial and political strategy, and religious and cultural patronage to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. Leonor of England, and her dau...

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