IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1214: Women as Caretakers of Empires, Realms, and Estates, II
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | University of Sydney / Universiteit van Amsterdam |
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| Organiser: | Penelope Joan Nash, School of Philosophical & Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jitske Jasperse, Departement Kunst-, religie- en cultuurwetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| Respondent: | Julia M. H. Smith, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow |
| Paper 1214-a | Empress Adelheid's Travels during the Regencies (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1214-b | Empress Adelheid and the Ottonian Invasion of Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Empires, realms, and estates are mostly viewed from a male perspective: how did kings, emperors, archbishops, dukes, and the like create, maintain, and expand these? More recent scholarship, however, pointed out that women, either in the absence of their men, in their own right or through their relatives, were involved in state affairs as well. These two sessions seek to understand how religious and secular women contributed to the empire, realm, or estate. Themes such as regency, rule, power, alterity/otherness, and strategies of diplomacy (for example, gift-giving) will be discussed. While these sessions pay particular attention to this conference's special theme of empire, they seek to incorporate other aspects of female leadership, including its ideology as well as political, cultural, and religious aspects. Julia M.H. Smith will respond to the papers in both sessions of the 'Women as Caretakers' series. |