IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 833: Scope and Range of Power
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität Kassel |
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| Organiser: | Stefanie Dick, Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität Kassel |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ingrid Baumgärtner, Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität Kassel |
| Paper 833-a | Crusaders' Wives: Gender and Power in the 11th and 12th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Gender Studies |
| Paper 833-b | The Influence of Late Medieval Royal Widows (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Law, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 833-c | Gentrywomen's Agency in Matchmaking and Marriage Practices (Language: English) |
| Abstract | Today the old topos of medieval women lacking rights is obsolete. Many examples show that women acted legally effectively in medieval societies and received acceptance. Still, the question remains what circumstances constituted this acceptance, and what its limits were. The session will discuss this point on three social levels: crusaders' wives in the 11th and 12th century, late medieval royal widows and the female members of the 15th-century Paston family. |