Gender, Nation and Conquest in the High Middle Ages

Nest of Deheubarth

Susan M. Johns, Pamela Sharpe, Penny Summerfield , Lynn Abrams

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Manchester University Press
31 October 2013

British & Irish history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500

Series: Gender in History

Nest of Deheubarth was one of the most notorious women of the Middle Ages, mistress of Henry I and many other men, famously beautiful and strong-willed, object of one of the most notorious abduction/elopements of the period and ancestress of one of the most famous dynasties in medieval Ireland, the Fitzgeralds. This volume sheds light on women, gender, imperialism and conquest in the Middle Ages. From it emerges a picture of a woman who, though remarkable, was not exceptional, representative not of a group of victims or pawns in the dramatic transformations of the high Middle Ages but powerful and decisive actors. The book examines beauty, love, sex and marriage and the interconnecting identities of Nest as wife/concubine/mistress, both at the time and in the centuries since her death, when for Welsh writers and other commentators she has proved a powerful symbol. -- .

By: Susan M. Johns
Series edited by: Pamela Sharpe, Penny Summerfield, Lynn Abrams, Cordelia Beattie
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 517g
ISBN: 9780719089992
ISBN 10: 0719089999
Series: Gender in History
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 31 October 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan M. Johns is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at Bangor University