Queens of the Renaissance
Queens of the Renaissance

Author: M. Beresford Ryley

Publisher:

Published: 1907

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13:

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Includes : Catherine of Siena ; Beatrice d'Este ; Anne of Brittany ; Lucrezia Borgia ; Margaret d'Angouleme ; Renee, Duchess of Ferrara.

Noblewomen, Aristocracy and Power in the Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Realm
Noblewomen, Aristocracy and Power in the Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Realm

Author: Susan M. Johns

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2003-09-20

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780719063053

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This is the first study of noblewomen in 12th-century England and Normandy, and of the ways in which they exercised power. It draws on a rich mix of evidence to offer an important reconceptualization of women's role in aristocratic society, and in doing so suggests new ways of looking at lordship and the ruling elite in the high middle ages. The book considers a wide range of literary sources such as chronicles, charters, seals and governmental records to draw out a detailed picture of noblewomen in the 12th-century Anglo-Norman realm. It asserts the importance of the lifecycle in determining the power of these aristocratic women, thereby demonstrating that the influence of gender on lordship was profound, complex and varied.

The Library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf
The Library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf

Author: Julia King

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Originally part of the Woolfs' personal library, the Leonard and Virginia Woolf Collection at Washington State University reveals valuable biographical information about the Woolfs themselves, as well as writers and artists associated with the Bloomsbury Group. The catalog consists of brief citations that describe all of the circa 6,000 volumes in the repository.