Medium Aevum, September 22nd, 2007
Kimberly A. LoPrete, Adela of Blois: Countess and Lord (c.1067-1137) (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007), xxv + 665 pp. ISBN 1-85182-563-0. 65.00 [pounds sterling].
This is a long and densely written book, with a text of 458 pages, appendices amounting to 136 pages, and closely printed footnotes sometimes covering most of the page. When the author refers to it as a 'dense and seemingly sprawling monograph' the adverb strikes an apologetic, but unconvincing note. The subject of this monograph is Adela of Blois, the daughter of William the Conqueror and wife of Stephen-Henry, Count of Blois, Ch...
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