IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 1032: Great White Men?: Writing Rulership, Lordship, and Authority in the 12th Century
Wednesday 3 July 2013, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Bishop's Eye Research Network, University of Lincoln / University of Huddersfield |
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| Organiser: | Joanna Huntington, School of History & Heritage, University of Lincoln |
| Moderator/Chair: | Katherine J. Lewis, Department of History, University of Huddersfield |
| Paper 1032-a | The Dominus Effect?: Margaret of Scotland, Sanctity, and Lordship (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hagiography, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Paper 1032-b | The Representation of Childless Kings in William of Tyre's Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Sexuality |
| Abstract | Studies of lordship are often castigated as simply continuing Whig historians' obsession with Great White Men. Scholars continue, however, to explore fruitfully the nexus of reciprocal expectations which constituted medieval power and authority. Lordship can be identified as a key concern across historical and literary genres. How it was seen to be exercised mattered to those who created much of our extant evidence, and it should therefore continue to matter to us. These papers aim to add further to our understanding of the representation of lordship, thereby contributing to the ongoing lively conversation about what remains an important window into the expectations, aspirations, and anxieties of 12th-century society. |