Heather J. Tanner is an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Mothers and Daughters: The Private Lives of the Countesses of BoulogneChapter 2: The Law, the Fief, and the HeiressChapter 3: By Order of the Countess: Lordship and GovernanceChapter 4: The Countesses’ Dynastic, Religious, and Spousal PowersChapter 5: Power and Persuasion: Politics and DiplomacyChapter 6: Patronage and CommemorationConclusionAppendicesBibliographyIndex

Heather J. Tanner is an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Mothers and Daughters: The Private Lives of the Countesses of BoulogneChapter 2: The Law, the Fief, and the HeiressChapter 3: By Order of the Countess: Lordship and GovernanceChapter 4: The Countesses’ Dynastic, Religious, and Spousal PowersChapter 5: Power and Persuasion: Politics and DiplomacyChapter 6: Patronage and CommemorationConclusionAppendicesBibliographyIndex

Heather J. Tanner is an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Mothers and Daughters: The Private Lives of the Countesses of BoulogneChapter 2: The Law, the Fief, and the HeiressChapter 3: By Order of the Countess: Lordship and GovernanceChapter 4: The Countesses’ Dynastic, Religious, and Spousal PowersChapter 5: Power and Persuasion: Politics and DiplomacyChapter 6: Patronage and CommemorationConclusionAppendicesBibliographyIndex