Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty Women and Rule in Tenth-Century Germany /

• Main Author: Jestice, Phyllis G. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Queenship and Power
• Subjects: Europe-History-476-1492.; Europe, Central-History.; Imperialism.; Women.; History of Medieval Europe.; History of Germany and Central Europe.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Women's Studies.

In tenth-century Europe and particularly in Germany, imperial women were able to wield power in ways that were scarcely imaginable in earlier centuries. Theophanu and Adelheid were two of the most influential figures in the Ottonian reich along with their husbands, who relied heavily on their suppor...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: The Road to Regency
• 2. Women in Tenth-Century Germany
• 3. Prestige Marriage
• 4. The Wealth of Queens
• 5. The Lord's Anointed
• 6. Piety as Power
• 7. Connections
• 8. Partners in Rule
• 9. 984
• 10. Regents
• 11. Epilogue: The Power of Royal Women?