gender, power, and religion in the early Spanish kingdomsPick, Lucy K.1966-creatorauthor.textbibliographyHistory.Electronic books.nyu2017monographiceng1 online resource."Considers a group of royal women in the early medieval kingdoms of the Asturias and of León-Castilla; their lives say a great deal about structures of power and the roles of gender and religion within the early Iberian kingdoms. Pick examines these women, all daughters of kings, as members of networks of power that work variously in parallel, in concert, and in resistance to some forms of male power, and contends that only by mapping these networks do we gain a full understanding of the nature of monarchical power"--Visigothic inheritance, Asturian monarchy -- Virgins and martyrs -- Networks of property, networks of power -- Memory, gift, and death.Lucy K. Pick.Includes bibliographical references and index.e-sp---Upper class womenSpainHistoryTo 1500Women and religionSpainHistoryTo 1500MonarchySpainHistoryTo 1500Sex roleSpainHistoryTo 1500Power (Social sciences)SpainHistoryTo 1500WomenSpainHistoryMiddle Ages, 500-1500SpainHistory711-1516MonarchyPower (Social sciences)Sex roleUpper class womenWomen and religionWomenMiddle AgesSpainSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race RelationsSOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority StudiesHISTORY / Medieval To 1516 fast HQ1147.S7305.40946/0902Pick, Lucy K., 1966- author.Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017(DLC) 201702581897815017143441501714341201702701522573/ctt1w0dw7p JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1589192http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1589192DLC17060620200709060551.0ocn989519251eng