Article: Adela of Blois: Countess and Lord (c. 1067-1137).(Book review)

Adela of Blois: Countess and Lord (c. 1067-1137). By Kimberly A. LoPrete. (Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press, 2007. Pp. 663. $95.00.)

In this impressive tome, the author utilizes a vast array of sources, many of them previously unknown to scholars, to provide a detailed narrative of the events that transpired in the Anglo-Norman realm of the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, a pivotal period in the evolution of the feudal kingdoms of England and France that would ultimately dominate the High Middle Ages. Kimberly A. LoPrete assesses significant political developments that occurred during this transformative period from the perspective of the counts of ...

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