IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1312: Women and Literacy in the Middle Ages
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Medieval & Ancient Research Centre, University of Sheffield (MARCUS) |
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| Organisers: | Máirín MacCarron, Department of History, University of Sheffield Danielle Park, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Charles West, Department of History, University of Sheffield |
| Paper 1312-a | Female Imperial Letter Writing in Late Antiquity (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1312-b | Papal Letters to Queens in Conversion-Era Anglo-Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1312-c | Expectations and Uses of Literacy in the Court of Queen Melisende of Jerusalem, 1131-1161 (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | Seeking to expand on perceptions and expectations of medieval women and literacy, this session takes a broad geographical and chronological approach encompassing both Europe and the Levant from late antiquity to the mid-12th century. Paper -a (Hillner) will examine female imperial letter writing in Late Antiquity, and consider the purpose of paired letters from empresses and emperors. Paper -b (MacCarron) will similarly consider paired letters with a focus on papal letters to the royal couples of Kent and Northumbria in the early 7th century. Paper -c (Park) addresses Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (1131-61) and the dynamic between the queen, the written word, and her status as wife and as widow. |