Title Princely power in late medieval France : Jeanne de Penthièvre and the War for Brittany / Erika Graham-Goering

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) Series Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought: fourth series Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Names -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Approaches to Princely Power -- 1 The Career of Jeanne de Penthièvre -- 2 Concepts of power in Jeanne de Penthièvre's acta -- 3 Managing Property: Inheritance and Seigneurial Partnerships -- 4 Managing People: Followers and Service -- 5 Managing Order: Conflict, Negotiation, and Womenas Lords -- 6 Debating the Social Context of Princely Power in 1341 7 Legitimate Rule and the Balance of Power -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "Jeanne de Penthièvre (c.1326-1384), duchess of Brittany, was an active and determined ruler who maintained her claim to the duchy throughout a war of succession and even after her eventual defeat. This in-depth study examines Jeanne's administrative and legal records to explore her co-rule with her husband, the social implications of ducal authority, and her strategies of legitimization in the face of conflict. While studies of medieval political authority often privilege royal, male, and exclusive models of power, Erika Graham-Goering reveals how there were multiple coexisting standards of princely action, and it was the navigation of these expectations that was more important to the successful exercise of power than adhering to any single approach. Cutting across categories of hierarchy, gender, and collaborative rule, this perspective sheds light on women's rulership as a crucial component in the power structures of the early Hundred Years' War, and demonstrates that lordship retained salience as a political category even in a period of growing monarchical authority"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 20, 2020) Subject Jeanne, de Penthièvre, Duchess of Brittany, 1319-1384. Women heads of state -- France -- Brittany -- History -- To 1500 Brittany (France) -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- History -- To 1500 Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 -- Participation, French Military participation -- French Politics and government Women heads of state SUBJECT Brittany (France) -- History -- 1341-1532. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010003080 France -- Politics and government -- 1328-1589. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051456 Subject France France -- Brittany Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019053910 ISBN 9781108773904 1108773907 9781108805544 110880554X

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