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This study examines the roles of noblewomen in the later Middle Ages, focusing on their estate management, political opportunities, and hospitality. Noblewomen in this period had limited political opportunities, but they were still important figures in society.
This vivid and pioneering study illuminates the different roles played in late medieval society by noblewomen - the most substantial group of women to survive as individuals in medieval documents. They emerge (despite limited political opportunities) as figures of consequence themselves in a landowning society through estate management in their husbands' frequent absences, and through hospitality, patronage and affinity.
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