IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 815: Power in Practice, IV: New Responses to Old Problems in Kingship and Queenship in the Later Middle Ages
Tuesday 15 July 2003, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Department of History, Seattle University |
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| Organiser: | Theresa Earenfight, Department of History, Seattle University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Robert F. Berkhofer, Department of History, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo |
| Paper 815-a | Bride Shows in Muscovy and Byzantium (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
| Paper 815-b | Royal Justice and Political Expediency in the Aragonese Kingdom of Naples (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 815-c | Absent Kings and Ruling Queens in the Crown of Aragon: Law and Finance and Queen Maria of Castile, 1440-58 (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Law, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | What unites these papers, which seem diverse in terms of geography and subject matter, is that they take up the problem of monarchy in transition in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The territorial expansion of the Crown of Aragon necessiated innovative responses both in the established territories in Iberia and in the newly conquered kingdom of Naples, resulting in new forms of justice in Naples and greatly empowered queens in Barcelona - both would have long-term impact in both Europe and the New World. The Muscovite court faced the challenge of newly empowered nobles and used the practice of the bride show as both a way to perpetuate a dynasty and, by linking itself to the ancient myths and rituals of the Byzantine empire, to emphasize its own power for the benefit of the Muscovite nobility, which also had implications for the future Russia. |