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

The Historian | June 22, 2009| | Copyright

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 ...

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