Matilda, countess of the Perche (1171-1210): the expression of authority in name, style and seal

The career of Matilda of Saxony (1171-1210), wife of Count Geoffrey III of the Perche, illustrates the role of high born women in power politics in the twelfth/thirteenth centuries. After the exile of her father, Henry the Lion, duke of Bavaria and Saxony, she spent her life in western Europe, where...

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Main Author: Kathleen Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2003-07-01
Series:Tabularia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/1546
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