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IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1129: Medieval Ireland, II: Women in Medieval Ireland

Wednesday 13 July 2011, 11.15-12.45

Organiser:Áine Foley, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin
Moderator/Chair:Seán Duffy, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin
Paper 1129-aThe Role of Queens in the Later Medieval Gaelic Lordships
(Language: English)
Katharine Simms, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin
Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Social History, Women's Studies
Paper 1129-bWorking Women: From Rags to Riches and Back Again in Later Medieval Ireland
(Language: English)
Gillian Kenny, Department of Adult Education, University College Dublin
Index terms: Social History, Women's Studies
Paper 1129-cWives, Concubines, and Adulteresses: Gaelic Woman in 14th-Century County Dublin
(Language: English)
Áine Foley, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin
Index terms: Social History, Women's Studies
Abstract

This session will explore the lives of Irish women of different social classes and cultural backgrounds during the medieval period, with particular emphasis on those who lived in Gaelic areas or within the marches: the contested area where English and Irish Ireland met. These papers will explore what it was like to be a woman in medieval Ireland, and examine the position that these women held in their various communities, as well as their ethnic origins.