Debatable Queens: (Re)assessing Medieval Stateswomanship, Power, and Authority
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Royal Studies Network
Organizer Name
Zita Eva Rohr, Elena Woodacre
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of Sydney, Univ. of Winchester
Presider Name
Elena Woodacre
Paper Title 1
Melisende of Jerusalem: Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Queen
Presenter 1 Name
Erin L. Jordan
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Old Dominion Univ.
Paper Title 2
Isabeau of Bavaria (1370-1435): Pawn or Player?
Presenter 2 Name
Tracy Adams
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Auckland
Paper Title 3
She Who Must be Obeyed: (Re)assessing the Statecraft, Power, and Authority of Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442)
Presenter 3 Name
Zita Eva Rohr
Start Date
15-5-2015 1:30 PM
Session Location
Valley III Stinson Lounge
Description
While recognizing the terms 'kingship' and 'statesmanship', spell-check tools in computer programs do not recognize the terms 'queenship' or 'stateswomanship'. While this is a trivial observation in the larger scheme of things it does provide a neat stepping off point for the sessions Royal Studies Network proposes for the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies.
This paper session will seek to unpick and challenge some of the long-held myths and archetypes regarding medieval rulership; (re)assessing individual queens whose political careers and lives have been understood simplistically to be successes or failures. The Network has consciously suppressed geographical boundaries in a continuing endeavour to open its activities to a wider 'global' perspective.
Zita Rohr and Elena Woodacre
Debatable Queens: (Re)assessing Medieval Stateswomanship, Power, and Authority
Valley III Stinson Lounge
While recognizing the terms 'kingship' and 'statesmanship', spell-check tools in computer programs do not recognize the terms 'queenship' or 'stateswomanship'. While this is a trivial observation in the larger scheme of things it does provide a neat stepping off point for the sessions Royal Studies Network proposes for the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies.
This paper session will seek to unpick and challenge some of the long-held myths and archetypes regarding medieval rulership; (re)assessing individual queens whose political careers and lives have been understood simplistically to be successes or failures. The Network has consciously suppressed geographical boundaries in a continuing endeavour to open its activities to a wider 'global' perspective.
Zita Rohr and Elena Woodacre