3. “Edward III’s Gold-Digging Mistress”: Alice Perrers, Gender, and Financial Power at the English Royal Court, 1360– 1377

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. Acknowledgements viii
4. Introduction: Women and Economic Power in Premodern Royal Courts 1
5. 1. The Medieval English Queen as Landholder: Some Reflections on Sources and Methodology 9
6. 2. Financial Power of Empresses and Princess Consorts of the Holy Roman Empire 35
7. 3. “Edward III’s Gold-Digging Mistress”: Alice Perrers, Gender, and Financial Power at the English Royal Court, 1360– 1377 59
8. 4. Counselling the Danish King: Sigbrit Villoms as Financial Mastermind for Christian II, 1513– 1523 73
9. Afterword: “Power Is Money”? Reflections on Money, Power, Sex, and Gender in Premodern Royal Courts 87
10. Bibliography 93
11. Index of Persons and Topics 99