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Princess to Prioress
Kathleen Fair, author
In an era when most women were powerless, Countess Adele of Blois was a player and not a pawn.
In twelfth century France she had to deal with complicated political and religious situations to keep her lands and her family safe.
The daughter, sister, and mother to kings, she negotiated with princes and prelates to get achieve her goals. She was an extraordinary ruler who has been overlooked by the traditional histories of the time.