Michelle Bubenicek, When women govern. Law and politics in the 14th century: Yolande de Flanders, preface by Michel Parisse
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This book is the reduced version of the new doctoral thesis supported in 1998 by Michelle Bubenicek, following a thesis of the National School of Charters. The author tracks Yolande de Flanders’ political journey, successively known as ‘virago, possessive mother, counterfeit currency, presbytericide and culprit of Lèse-majesté’. Daughter of Robert de Cassel and Jeanne de Bretagne, born on 15 September 1326, Yolande is the heir of Cassel’s great apanage. Pous...