Medievalists.net » Richilde of Provence http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Queenship, Nunneries and Royal Widowhood in Carolingian Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/30/queenship-nunneries-royal-widowhood-carolingian-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/30/queenship-nunneries-royal-widowhood-carolingian-europe/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:38:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48660 Fulk‟s letter therefore introduces us to some central aspects of Carolingian thinking about the appropriate behaviour of laywomen especially, and serves as a way into the principal themes of this article. In particular, it is noticeable that the archbishop highlighted his expectations of Richildis in two roles: her supposed misdemeanour was concerned specifically with a failure to meet her obligations as a widow and as a queen.

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