Adelaide of Turin (c.1014/24-1091) : imperial politics and regional power in eleventh-century northern Italy

Recent scholarship emphasises that the exercise of political power by royal and aristocratic medieval women was commonplace. Building upon this work, my thesis examines the life of Adelaide of Turin (c.1014/24-1091), who inherited, and ruled, the mark of Turin. Her importance has often been overlook...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Creber, Alison Madeleine
Other Authors: Nelson, Janet ; Ferente, Serena
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.762314