IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 508: Marriage and Gender in the 12th to the 14th Century, I
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Canterbury Christ Church University |
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| Organiser: | Louise J. Wilkinson, Department of History & American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Philadelphia Ricketts, Independent Scholar, Somerset |
| Paper 508-a | Alien Marriages in 13th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Women's Studies |
| Paper 508-b | Margaret de Burgh: Marriage, Widowhood, and the Pursuit of Prestige in the Life of a 13th-Century Royal Countess (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Social History, Women's Studies |
| Paper 508-c | Mother, Wife, Woman: Cross-Border Marriage and Family Tensions in the Medieval March of Wales (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | Cross-border marriages in the Middle Ages could be fraught with difficulties. They engendered tension and conflict, and the reception of those marrying into a foreign culture might be hostile. This session will explore the marriages between a Scottish princess and her English ducal husband, high-ranking English men and women and their foreign spouses, and the relationship between an English noblewoman and her Welsh marital kin. How these 'foreigners' coped with the demands of marriage and family life away from the country of their birth, and how successful and influential they were, will be a major focus. |