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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Empress Matilda"”.
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A comparative study of Urraca of León-Castilla (d. 1126), Melisende of Jerusalem (d. 1161), and Empress Matilda of England (d. 1167) as royal heiresses
… of Jerusalem (r. 1131–1153–d. 1161), and the Empress Matilda of England and Normandy (b. 1102–d. 1167). Despite the vast research on aristocratic heiresses and queens consorts, a comparative study of royal heiresses as rulers in their own right does not exist. The few studies that focus on …
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Pragmatism, Patronage, Piety and Participation: Women in the Anglo-Norman Chronicles
… not the case. Women like Adela of Blois, the Empress Matilda, and Queen Edith Matilda were the rule not the exception. The Anglo-Norman authors illuminate the lives of women at every stage of life and in every order of society. The chroniclers describe women who were wise and gave good advice, …
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FORGETTING THE WEAKNESS OF HER SEX AND A WOMAN'S SOFTNESS':HISTORIANS OF THE ANGLO-NORMAN WORLD AND THEIR FEMALE SUBJECT'
… Adela of Blois, the four Anglo-Norman queens, Matilda of Flanders, Matilda of Scotland, the Empress Matilda, and Matilda of Boulogne, will form the basis of the historical study.
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The lioness roared: The problems of female rule in English history
… to England's other female rulers: the empress Matilda, "Lady of the English" (1141-1148), Mary I (1553-1558), Anne (1702-1714), and Victoria (1837-1901). The main issue tying these various chapters together is the construction of female sovereignty through time. The changing social and …
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Contested identities in discourses of colonialism and civil war: Race, gender, and the human/animal in twelfth-century England and Wales
… final chapter offers a trans theorization of the Empress Matilda. Based upon denigrating descriptions of Matilda in the Gesta Stephani, and her multi-gendered self-representation in her royal seal, I theorize Matilda as a female king who did not cater to Anglo-Norman patriarchal expectations …
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The context, purpose, and dissemination of legendary genealogies in northern England and Iceland c. 1120 – c. 1241
The thesis is a comparative and multidisciplinary study of legendary genealogies in the historical writing of northern England and Iceland c. 1120 – c. 1241. Historical writing was produced in abundance over this period in both areas and the frequent contact between England and Scandinavia, as well …