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Nobility --- Elbe River Valley (Czech Republic and Germany) --- History. --- Church history. --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility --- History --- Elbe (Germany) --- Germany, Northern --- Northern Germany

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A study, edition, and translation of the story of two independent Upper Rhine women living a spiritual life together. Lady Gertrude Rickeldey of Ortenberg (d. 1335) was a noble widow who lived a spiritual, but secular life in her own household, first in Offenburg and later in Strasbourg, the economic and cultural heart of southern Germany. Her life story was written by a lay woman from Gertrude's entourage and was based on numerous stories told by Gertrude's lifelong companion, Heilke of Staufenberg (d. after 1335). The biographer gives us a view of the aristocratic household, reports the many conversations that the women held with fellow believers and learned mendicants, and shows how they led a life of devotion in their own home, but at the same time, operated as full citizens of the city, taking part in both the civic and religious politics of Strasbourg. The details of her account reveal that the women did not take vows or renounce their possessions. They did not abandon their own decision-making power. Instead, they were mistresses of their own lives and developed into 'ethicae' of stature.00Following historical investigations into Gertrude's and Heilke's life (Part I) is an edition and translation of the fourteenth-century text on which these studies are based (Part II).

Christian life --- Nobility --- History --- Religious life --- Rickeldey, Gertrude. --- Heilke, --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Christians --- Discipleship --- Christianity --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility --- Theology, Practical --- Christian spirituality --- Heilke of Staufenberg --- Gertrud von Ortenberg --- anno 1300-1399 --- High Rhine --- Christian life. --- Religious life. --- To 1500 --- Germany. --- Spiritual life --- Middle Ages

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Anne Clifford describes the dramatic and tragic events of her life in the seventeenth century. Of how she danced in the masques of Inigo Jones, experienced both joy and abuse in her two marriages, lost and gained an inheritance, and successfully defended her rights against kings and armies. All told in rich detail amidst the backdrop of daily life.

Nobility. --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY --- Nobility --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Titles of honor and nobility --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- Historical. --- General. --- Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, --- England. --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- Herbert, Anne, --- Clifford, Anne, --- Montgomery, Anne Clifford, --- Dorset, Anne Clifford, --- Anglii͡ --- Countess of Pembroke. --- Francis Clifford. --- George Clifford. --- Lady Anne Clifford. --- Margaret Russell. --- autobiographical writing. --- political power. --- seventeenth-century aristocratic woman.

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The twelfth century was characterized by intense spirituality as well as rapid economic development. Drawing on unprecedented research, Constance Brittain Bouchard demonstrates that the Cistercian monks of Burgundy were exemplary in both spheres. Bouchard explores the web of economic ties that linked the Cistercian monasteries with their secular neighbors, especially the knights, and reaches some surprising conclusions about Cistercian attitudes.

Commerce --- Nobility --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility --- History --- Economic conditions --- Cistercians --- Zisterzienser --- White Monks --- Bernardines (Cistercian) --- Order of Cîteaux --- Cîteaux, Order of --- S. Ordo Cisterciensis --- Sacer Ordo Cisterciensis --- Ordo Cisterciensis --- Cisztercita Szerzetes --- Cisterciensi --- Řád cisterciáků --- Cisterciácký řád --- Cisterciens --- Trappists --- Economic conditions. --- Burgundy (France) --- Bourgogne (France) --- History. --- Knights and knighthood --- Noblesse --- Chevaliers et chevalerie --- Conditions économiques --- Histoire --- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (France) --- Religious Studies. --- HISTORY / Medieval. --- Nobility - France - Burgundy - Economic conditions - History --- Commerce - History - Medieval, 500-1500

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Featuring detailed scenes of court pageantry and life-size portraits of members of the French Valois dynasty woven in wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the Valois Tapestries are one of the most extravagant sets of hangings produced in the 16th century. The precise circumstances surrounding the tapestries' commission and their arrival at the Medici court in Florence, as well as the significance of the specific scenes depicted, however, have eluded scholars for years. Presenting new research into the political maneuvering of the Valois and Medici courts and providing extensive physical analysis gathered during a recent cleaning of the tapestries, this volume offers brand new insight into why these magnificent works were made and what they represent.

Tapestry, Flemish --- Nobility --- History --- Catherine de Médicis, --- Art patronage --- Valois tapestries --- Burgundy (France) --- Toegepaste kunst. Kunstambachten --- tapisserieën --- Huis Valois [Dynastie] --- Medici, de', Catharina [Koningin van Frankrijk] --- Exhibitions. --- Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- tapestries --- House of Valois [Dynasty] --- Medici, de', Catherine [Queen of France] --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility --- Catherine de Médicis, --- Medici, Catherine de, --- De Medici, Catherine, --- De Médicis, Catherine, --- Médicis, Catherine de, --- Catharine de' Medici, --- Katharine de Médicis, --- Ekaterina Medichi, --- Medichi, Ekaterina, --- Feasts at the Valois court --- Bourgogne (France) --- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (France) --- Exhibitions --- tapijtkunst --- renaissance (historisch tijdvak, doorheen de 16e eeuw) --- restauratie --- conservatie --- Valois-Dynastie --- De' Medici, Catharina (koningin van Frankrijk) --- tapijtkunst. --- restauratie. --- conservatie. --- Valois-Dynastie. --- De' Medici, Catharina (koningin van Frankrijk).