IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 644: Queenly Thresholds, II: Navigating Paradigms in Textual Sources
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Organisers: | Juliana Amorim Goskes, Department of History, New York University Florence Scott, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Moderator/Chair: | Juliana Amorim Goskes, Department of History, New York University |
Paper 644-a | 'In front of the altar of Our Lady': Queens and Their Associations with the Virgin Mary in Chrétien de Troyes (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Women's Studies |
Paper 644-b | Between Husband and Son: Isabella of France and the Succession of Edward III (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
Paper 644-c | Liudprand's Lamia: The Monstrous Reputation of Queen Willa of Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Political Thought, Women's Studies |
Paper 644-d | 'So that she would be very happy she had come to the frontier': Queen Yolanda and the Colonial Project of James I of Aragon (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies |
Abstract | Often, we see medieval queens in movement: between families, between lands, between status, between the lines. This strand seeks to think with and through the theme of 'borders', to consider how medieval and premodern queenship (understood in broad terms) operates and is set in motion by queens themselves and those around them. This session will focus on queens navigating paradigms in textual sources, and the ways in which queens could be given both positive and negative models of behaviour by chroniclers and literary authors. |