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IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 608: Noblewomen Network, II: Familial Identity and Networks of Power

Tuesday 6 July 2021, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Noblewomen Network
Organisers:Harriet Kersey, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University
Charlotte Pickard, Centre for Continuing & Professional Education, Cardiff University
Moderator/Chair:Louise J. Wilkinson, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University
Paper 608-aUnequal Marriage and Perceptions of Familial Identity in Capetian France
(Language: English)
Charlotte Pickard, Centre for Continuing & Professional Education, Cardiff University
Index terms: Gender Studies, Genealogy and Prosopography, Women's Studies
Paper 608-bThe Construction of the Perfect Noblewoman in the Medieval Iberian Peninsula: Education, Marriage, and Administration
(Language: English)
Idoia Areizaga Llorente, Facultad de Letras de Vitoria-Gasteiz, Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Index terms: Education, Gender Studies, Mentalities, Women's Studies
Paper 608-cOf Poison and Golden Ships: Noblewomen and Networks of Power in Norman Italy and the Early Crusader Kingdoms
(Language: English)
Alexandra Locking, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies
Abstract

Women frequently had to negotiate the intersection between society's expectations and their lived experience - at times working against the roles traditionally ascribed to them. Noblewomen occupied a unique position in society which, arguably, afforded them greater agency and access to power. And yet, they too had to navigate boundaries, often pushing beyond what was perceived to be the norm. This session will consider the roles that women played in the construction of familial identity and networks of power.