IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 219: 'The Heat Is On', II: Visible or Invisible? - Uncovering Royal Sexualities

Monday 5 July 2021, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:	Royal Studies Network
Organisers:	Zita Eva Rohr, Department of Modern History, Politics & International Relations, Macquarie University, Sydney Gabrielle Storey, Department of History, University of Winchester
Moderator/Chair:	Elena Woodacre, Department of History, University of Winchester
Paper 219-a	Al-Hakam II and hubb al-walad: Paternal Love or Hidden Homosexuality? (Language: English) Fatima Rhorchi, Department of History, Moulay Ismail University, Morocco Index terms: Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Sexuality, Social History
Paper 219-b	The Not-So Sexual Identity of the Empress Matilda in Medieval Chronicles (Language: English) Catherine Capel, Department of History University of Winchester Index terms: Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Sexuality, Women's Studies
Paper 219-c	Eleanor of Aquitaine and Berengaria of Navarre: Scandal and Stoicism in the Lives of Two Queens of England (Language: English) Gabrielle Storey, Department of History, University of Winchester Index terms: Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Sexuality, Women's Studies
Abstract	This second panel in a series of sessions focussing on royal sexuality and reputation investigates how sexualities can be difficult to view in medieval sources, either through lack of evidence or through deliberate obscuring of the events. Presenting fresh perspectives on royal sexualities, this session investigates obscured and hidden sexualities which allow us to refresh our perceptions of these monarchs. These papers bring further investigations into sex, gender, and power to light which proves useful when re-evaluating rulership and authority in the medieval period.