Female Founders
Exercising authority in Thirteenth-century Flanders and Hainaut
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21197302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erin Jordan (0000-0001-5742-3686, University of Northern Colorado, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 535-561 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History and Religious Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1871-241X • E-ISSN: 1871-2428 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/187124108x426736 |
| OpenAlex | W2056137345 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The many houses of Cistercian nuns founded in Flanders and Hainaut by the mid thirteenth century produced large numbers of documents about their female founders and patrons. Although some of these abbeys owed their foundation to the countesses Jeanne and Marguerite of Flanders, analysis here concentrates on the lives and foundations of other noblewomen who continued to have power over property in the thirteenth century. Their religious patronage was often an aspect of their public (rather than private) authority
Ancient history · Archaeology · Church History · Genealogy · Medieval history · Middle Ages · Political science · Classics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Legal Studies and Society · History · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |