Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Queenship and Power (QAP)
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Table of contents(11 chapters)
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
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Reviews
“The volume is gorgeously produced, and sumptuously illustrated with many well-rendered colour images of Ottonian artwork. The work as a physical book is a delight to behold. … In a market with several other new and exciting offerings, scholars of the Ottonian world will have little reason to prioritise Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty.” (Fraser McNair, Royal Studies Journal, Vol. 6 (1), 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
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College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA
Phyllis G. Jestice
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty
Book Subtitle: Women and Rule in Tenth-Century Germany
Authors: Phyllis G. Jestice
Series Title: Queenship and Power
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77306-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77305-6Published: 23 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08424-0Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77306-3Published: 12 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2730-938X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 300
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Medieval Europe, History of Germany and Central Europe, Imperialism and Colonialism, Women's Studies