Preface
Chapter 1. Marie of France, 1145−1164
Chapter 2. Countess of Troyes, 1165−1181
Chapter 3. Regent Countess, 1181−1187
Chapter 4. Retirement, 1187−1190
Chapter 5. A Condominium Lordship, 1190−1198
Chapter 6. Images of Countess Marie
Appendices
1. Genealogy: Countess Marie and Her Relatives
2. Tables
3. Chronology
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
In this engaging biography, Theodore Evergates offers a rounded view of Countess Marie of France as both a cultural patron and a successful ruler of Champagne, one of the wealthiest and most vibrant principalities in medieval France.
Theodore Evergates is author of Henry the Liberal: Count of Champagne, 1127-1181 and The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300 and editor of Feudal Society in Medieval France and Aristocratic Women in Medieval France, all available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
"A fully rounded biography of a great medieval lady is hardly
possible, given the limited sources. Nonetheless, Theodore
Evergates, with his knowledge of the sources gained from years of
studying the counts of Champagne, has given the fullest portrait of
Marie of France to date. It is likely that his book will be stand
for many years as the standard study of Marie of France."
*Sehepunkte*
"[Marie of France] . . . contributes to our increasing realization
that ruling women were nothing unusual in medieval France with its
detailed account of Marie's political activity . . . [F]or literary
historians, it fills in a picture that had until now been extremely
limited of this important patron."
*French History*
"Medievalists will surely rely on Marie of France as the standard
reference on the countess' life for years to come, while scholars
of the history of religion more broadly will find it useful for its
discussion of the varying forms of interaction between the church
and members of the lay aristocracy in the High Middle Ages. Readers
of all backgrounds, however, will appreciate the skill with which
Evergates constructs an eminently readable narrative from such
fragmented sources."
*Reading Religion*
"A masterful biography and a welcome, and much needed, contribution
to our understanding of medieval aristocratic women."
*Amy Livingstone, Ball State University*
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