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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
Organiser:Anaïs Waag, Department of History, King's College London
Moderator/Chair:Anaïs Waag, Department of History, King's College London
Paper 1232-aGoiswintha: Distraught Mother or Vindictive Queen?
(Language: English)
Susan Phillips, School of Humanities & Heritage, University of Lincoln
Index terms: Gender Studies, Social History
Paper 1232-bIssuing, Sealing, and Signing: An Examination of 'Queenly Chanceries' in 13th-Century England and Iberia
(Language: English)
Paula Del Val Vales, School of History & Heritage, University of Lincoln
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Women's Studies
Paper 1232-cA Court Afraid of Losing Its Queen: The Portuguese Court's Solution for Queenless Times
(Language: English)
Inês Olaia, Centro de História / Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa
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.