The models of female agency depicted in medieval romances illustrate the difficulties a woman faces in extending her influence to the prominent men in her life and to the spheres of cultural and intellectual authority they more easily occupy; disbelief, hostile resistance, and potential social stigmatization by disapproving parents or relentless gossips are only some of the challenges that the heroines in romances like Troilus and Criseyde and Amoryus and Cleopes confront. However, these literary models also provide detailed examples of how to negotiate the obstacles to women's sponsorship, mapping a process whereby the deployment of a single branch of knowledge – such as history or science – can yield manifold social and cultural rewards. Thus far, this study has centered on specific acts of influence conducted by female characters; the final two chapters of this book consider instances of comprehensive patronage where the heroine's engagement with the man she supports moves beyond individual moments of timely intervention and becomes an exertion of influence across an entire curriculum, including lessons in chivalry, social customs, political negotiations, and romantic loyalty. Included in these comprehensive programs is also the financial component largely lacking in the examples from the first two romances examined in this book. In Partonope of Blois and Sir Launfal, which I discuss in Chapter Four, the monetary support and chivalric gifts provided by the heroines align more readily with traditional notions of patronage; however, I argue that the financial provisions made by these women characters are merely one facet of their sponsorship rather than the defining element.