Queenship, Reputation, and Gendered Power II: Queenly Motherhood and Changing Reputations

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Rachel Gibbons

Organizer Affiliation

Open Univ.

Presider Name

Rachel Gibbons

Paper Title 1

From Good Sovereign to Evil Stepmother: The Decline and Fall of Queen Ælfthryth’s Reputation in the Twelfth Century

Presenter 1 Name

Rachel S. Anderson

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Grand Valley State Univ.

Paper Title 2

"Was neuere kyng ne knyȝt so bolde": Monstrous Queenship in Richard Coer de Lyon

Presenter 2 Name

Thomas Blake

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Iowa

Paper Title 3

Queen Consort, Mater Regis: Perceptions of Gendered Power and Position in the Late Medieval English Chronicles

Presenter 3 Name

Alison Basil

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Open Univ.

Paper Title 4

Respondent

Presenter 4 Name

Rachel Gibbons

Start Date

12-5-2012 1:30 PM

Session Location

Valley II 201