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IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1014: Royal Women in the Reign of Edward III

Wednesday 6 July 2022, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:Society for 14th-Century Studies
Organiser:Laura Tompkins, The National Archives, Kew
Moderator/Chair:Laura Tompkins, The National Archives, Kew
Paper 1014-aPhilippa of Hainault: Consort Queen and Landowner
(Language: English)
Katia Wright, Department of History, University of Winchester
Index terms: Administration, Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies
Paper 1014-bIsabella of Woodstock: The King's Eldest Daughter at the English Royal Court
(Language: English)
Chloƫ McKenzie, Department of History, University of Southampton
Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies
Paper 1014-cA Queen without a Country?: Joan Plantagenet and the Imprisonment of David II of Scotland, 1346-1357
(Language: English)
Amy Hayes, School of Divinity, History & Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
Index terms: Politics and Diplomacy, Women's Studies
Abstract

This panel offers fresh perspectives on three senior female members of the English royal family during the reign of Edward III. First, Katia Wright looks at the role of Edward's queen consort, Philippa of Hainault, as a landowner in the broader context of her queenship. Chloƫ McKenzie then focuses on the political role Edward and Philippa's eldest daughter, Isabella of Woodstock, and the part she played in her father's kingship. In the final paper, Amy Hayes addresses the ambiguous position of Edward's sister, Queen Joan of Scotland, during her husband David II's imprisonment in England.