TY - BOOK ID - 10713129 TI - Women's Networks in Medieval France : Gender and Community in Montpellier, 1300-1350 PY - 2016 SN - 3319389416 3319389424 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - History. KW - France KW - Europe KW - Literature, Medieval. KW - History of Medieval Europe. KW - Medieval Literature. KW - History of France. KW - History—476-1492. KW - Women KW - History KW - Social networks KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Europe-History-476-1492. KW - France-History. KW - European literature KW - Medieval literature KW - Europe—History—476-1492. KW - France—History. KW - Gay culture Europe KW - 476-1492. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10713129 AB - This book illuminates the connections and interaction among women and between women and men during the medieval period. To do this, Kathryn L. Reyerson focuses specifically on the experiences of Agnes de Bossones, widow of a changer of the mercantile elite of Montpellier. Agnes was a real estate mogul and a patron of philanthropic institutions that permitted lower strata women to survive and thrive in a mature urban economy of the period before 1350. Notably, Montpellier was a large urban center in southern France. Linkages stretched horizontally and vertically in this robust urban environment, mitigating the restrictions of patriarchy and the constraints of gender. Using the story of Agnes de Bossones as a vehicle to larger discussions about gender, this book highlights the undeniable impact that networks had on women’s mobility and navigation within a restrictive medieval society. ER -