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- Title
'You will dwell with barbarous and uneducated men': Countess Ermengarde and Political Culture in Twelfth-Century Brittany.
- Authors
LIVINGSTONE, AMY
- Abstract
An essay which explored how the gender of Countess Ermengarde of Brittany gave her power and influence on contemporary political culture and how her talent of creating relationships with powerful people contributed to the stability of Brittany, France is presented. Topics covered include Ermengarde's links with the Angevin ecclesiastic Marbode, latterly bishop of Rennes, the ways she influenced Breton politics and how politics operated in Brittany during the medieval period.
- Subjects
HISTORY of women &; politics; COUNTESSES; BRITTANY (France) politics &; government; HISTORY of Brittany, France; POLITICAL stability; HISTORY
- Publication
History, 2017, Vol 102, Issue 353, p858
- ISSN
0018-2648
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-229X.12518