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IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 1124: Queenship and Power, II: Queenship and Crises in Medieval Europe

Wednesday 14 July 2010, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Organiser:Lisa Benz, Department of History, University of York
Moderator/Chair:Lisa Benz, Department of History, University of York
Paper 1124-a'Britain has kings, but they are tyrants...they have many wives - whores and adulteresses': The Ruin of Britain?
(Language: English)
Joanna Louise Laynesmith, Independent Scholar, Reading
Index terms: Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1124-bCorrupting Queenship?: The Mediation and Intercession of Alice Perrers, 1369-1377
(Language: English)
Laura Tompkins, Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
Index terms: Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1124-cFour Trastámara Queens, One Very Reluctant Infanta, One Contumacious Infante, and the Golpe de Tordesillas of 1420
(Language: English)
Theresa Earenfight, Department of History, Seattle University
Index terms: Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract

This is the second of two sessions on queenship and power in medieval Europe. Understanding the queen's role is essential to revealing the cultural, political, and administrative history of the Middle Ages. It is the aim of these sessions to show case new scholarship on the practice of medieval queenship in Europe. This session will examine the practice and the manipulation of queenship in times of political crisis, covering a generous time span and geographical locations. It will focus on inversion of queenship as practiced by the mistresses of kings in England and the roles of queens during civil war in Spain.