Erscheint: Oktober 2026
Buch (Softcover): Sachbuch
Ladies-in-Waiting in Medieval England
Verlag:
Cambridge Academic Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P34869092
EAN: 9781009456999
Erscheint: Oktober 2026
Versand: Kostenlos
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Beschreibung
Ladies-in-Waiting in Medieval England examines female attendants who served queens and aristocratic women during the late medieval period. Using a unique set of primary source based statistics, Caroline Dunn reveals that the lady-in-waiting was far more than a pretty girl sewing in the queen's chamber while seeking to catch the eye of an eligible bachelor. Ladies-in-waiting witnessed major historical events of the era and were sophisticated players who earned significant rewards. They had both family and personal interests to advance - through employment they linked kin and court, and through marriage they built bridges between families. Whether royal or aristocratic, ladies-in-waiting worked within gendered spaces, building female-dominated social networks, while also operating within a masculine milieu that offered courtiers of both sexes access to power. Working from a range of sources wider than the subjective anecdote, Dunn presents the first scholarly treatment of medieval English ladies-in-waiting.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Dunn Caroline
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)