IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1126: Norman Women Rulers, II: Countesses to Queens in Southern Italian Memory
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Organiser: | Francesca Petrizzo, School of History, University of Leeds |
Moderator/Chair: | Joanna Phillips, School of Law, University of Leeds |
Paper 1126-a | De mobilitate mulierum?: The Countesses' Role amid the Italo-Norman Nobility and the Sicilian Monarchy (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Social History, Women's Studies |
Paper 1126-b | Victims or Vixens?: The Last Three Queens of Norman Sicily, 1177-1198 (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
Abstract | This is the second of two sessions dealing with the memory of Norman women in power across the Mediterranean and Europe. Focusing on Southern Italy and Sicily, it will look at two levels of female influence, comital and royal, re-evaluating the power and influence of women in these positions. In the first paper, Hervin Fernández-Aceves examines the power and influence of Southern Italia countesses. In the second, Paula Hailstone looks at the controversial reputation of Sicilian queens. |