PORTRAITS OF MEDIEVAL WOMEN - 9781349633715

PORTRAITS OF MEDIEVAL WOMENFAMILY, MARRIAGE,AND POLITICS IN ENGLAND 12251350\nAuthor(s): Linda E. Mitchell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9781349633715, 978-1349633715\nSynopsis\nAlthough numerous general studies of medieval women and a number of biographies of medieval queens have appeared in recent years, there have been comparatively few studies that combine biographical and prosopographical methodologies in order to develop portraits of specific women as case studies of the different life experiences of medieval women. The individual chapters can be read as separate histories of their specific subjects as well as case studies which together provide a coherent picture of the medieval English noblewoman.