Tag: Trobairitz Garsenda
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Bogin says that “The granting of fiefs to women represented a fundamental threat to the feudal equation: military strength = land = power.” (23). We see an instance of this in the life of the trobairitz Garsenda (170-173). How did having a woman in charge of a fief challenge this equation? What was this ‘fundamental threat’?
1-Bogin says that “The granting of fiefs to women represented a fundamental threat to the feudal equation: military strength = land = power.” (23). We see an instance of this in the life of the trobairitz Garsenda (170-173). How did having a woman in charge of a fief challenge this equation? What was this ‘fundamental…