IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 320: The Otherness of Women, II: Reassessing Royal Women in Medieval Society
Monday 3 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Charlotte Pickard, Centre for Continuing & Professional Education, Cardiff University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Louise J. Wilkinson, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University |
| Paper 320-a | Personal and Feminine?: Religious Patronage by Royal Women in Iberia, 1000-1200 (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Lay Piety, Women's Studies |
| Paper 320-b | The Queen as Other: The Purification Ceremonies of Eleanor of Provence (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Liturgy, Women's Studies |
| Paper 320-c | The Queen in the Shadows: Sanchia of Provence, Richard of Cornwall, and a Royal Life Unveiled (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | Recent scholarship has sought to dispel the myth that women were powerless, subject to the will of their male relatives. And yet, women have traditionally been treated as 'the other' in medieval society, separate from their male counterparts. These sessions will reflect on the 'otherness' of noble and royal women, questioning the way in which we approach the study of women and considering whether they shared more in common with their male peers, than women from other social classes. Speakers will be using case studies drawn from their own research to address this subject. This second session will focus on royal women from across Europe. |