IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1006: Women in Francophone Literary Culture: Warriors, Saints, and Rebels
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 09.00-10.30
| Organisers: | Sophie Harwood, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Vanessa Wright, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Vanessa Wright, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 1006-a | Cut, Copy, or Edit: Variations in the Representation of Warrior Women in Manuscripts of the Roman de Troie (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1006-b | The Saint as Lady: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian Romances and the Cult of Saints (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hagiography, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1006-c | Female Rebellion in the Margins of a Late 13th-Century Mort de Roi Artu (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | This session analyses different representations of women both in text and image across a variety of medieval French literary sources. Sophie Harwood's paper looks at the variations in the portrayals of warrior women in several manuscripts of the Roman de Troie: this includes differences in scene selection for illustration, as well as edits made to the text across different manuscript copies. Lydia Hayes's paper then examines the influence that female saints in Old French hagiography had on the development of the characters of noble ladies in Chrétien de Troyes's romances. Finally, Emily Shartrand's paper looks at the text, illustrations, and marginalia of a single manuscript of La Mort de Roi Artu to analyse rebellion in general and female rebellion in particular. |