HIS 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stella Duffy, Soap
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*theodora: actress, empress, whore - stella duffy (novel): european women. Goes with her husband on the second crusade. Involved in an armed rebellion against her husband; its crushed and is imprisoned. King richard is kidnapped on the way back from the third crusade; ransom; dies. Retains her holding in france even after her marriage to the king of england. Stays the queen of her section of spain and ferdinand controls his section; land collectively goes to their children. Queens will have access to an education. Their roles as advisors are hidden by time and records. Elite women will have an important role within european society. More loyalty to father/brother/mother/family than to (temporary) husband. Could take control in the absence of men. Veneration of women; medieval cult of mary (christianity; She isn"t called a god/goddess but she is prayed to similarly to god + is seen as a powerful; similar to the way saints are prayed to/thought of.
