Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Tables and figures viii
5. Preface ix
6. Abbreviations xi
7. 1 Introduction 1
8. Literary sources
9. 2 Power and portrayal 13
10. 3 Patronage and power 30
11. Noblewomen and power
12. 4 Countesses 53
13. 5 Witnessing 81
14. 6 Countergifts and affidation 107
15. 7 Seals 122
16. 8 Women of the lesser nobility 152
17. 9 Royal inquests and the power of noblewomen 165
18. 10 Conclusion 195
19. Appendix 1 Catalogue of seals from the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries 203
20. Appendix 2 Noblewomen in the Rotuli de Dominabus 231
21. Bibliography 247
22. Index 269