IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 1232: Queenship across the Borders of Space and Time
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Medieval Studies Research Group, University of Lincoln |
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Organiser: | Anaïs Waag, Department of History, King's College London |
Moderator/Chair: | Anaïs Waag, Department of History, King's College London |
Paper 1232-a | Goiswintha: Distraught Mother or Vindictive Queen? (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Social History |
Paper 1232-b | Issuing, Sealing, and Signing: An Examination of 'Queenly Chanceries' in 13th-Century England and Iberia (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Women's Studies |
Paper 1232-c | A Court Afraid of Losing Its Queen: The Portuguese Court's Solution for Queenless Times (Language: English) Index terms: Social History, Women's Studies |
Abstract | This panel examines medieval queenship across the borders of space and time: starting with an examination of how Gregory of Tours and Venantius Fortunatus chose to depict the character of the 6th-century queen Goiswintha in their writings, it goes on to explore the relationship between the queen consort and the royal chancery in 13th-century Aragon, Castile, and England; the panel concludes with a study of the Portuguese court's solution for when it found itself without a queen consort between 1250-1525, namely by choosing a woman who was not married to the king to fill the role. |