IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 808: Noblewomen Network, IV: Royal Women
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Noblewomen Network |
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Organisers: | Harriet Kersey, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University Charlotte Pickard, Centre for Continuing & Professional Education, Cardiff University |
Moderator/Chair: | Emily J. Ward, Darwin College, University of Cambridge |
Paper 808-a | Mothers of Kings: Herleva of Normandy and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir of Wessex (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Social History, Women's Studies |
Paper 808-b | Emma of Normandy: A Noblewoman Who Laid 'the disturbances of war to rest' (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History, Women's Studies |
Paper 808-c | The Countess, the King's Sister: Royal Noblewomen and Forgotten Networks of Power in Late Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Social History, 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 focus on the different roles undertaken by royal women, with case studies drawn from England and Normandy. |