Pauline Stafford's Queens, Concubines, and Dowagers Thirty-Five Years Later (A Roundtable)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Medieval Prosopography
Organizer Name
Valerie L. Garver
Organizer Affiliation
Northern Illinois Univ.
Presider Name
Valerie L. Garver
Paper Title 1
Panelist
Presenter 1 Name
Charlotte Cartwright
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Christopher Newport Univ.
Paper Title 2
Panelist
Presenter 2 Name
Theresa Earenfight
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Seattle Univ.
Paper Title 3
Panelist
Presenter 3 Name
Phyllis G. Jestice
Presenter 3 Affiliation
College of Charleston
Paper Title 4
Panelist
Presenter 4 Name
Lucy K. Pick
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Univ. of Chicago
Paper Title 5
Panelist
Presenter 5 Name
Dana M. Polanichka
Presenter 5 Affiliation
Wheaton College
Start Date
13-5-2018 10:30 AM
Session Location
Bernhard Brown & Gold Room
Description
This roundtable session will consider the influence and importance of Pauline Stafford’s Queens, Concubines, and Dowagers: the King’s Wife in the Early Middle Ages (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1983, repr. 2000) thirty-five years after its initial publication. Early on the book earned widespread international regard. Few books have had more lasting influence over the last four decades within the fields of women’s history, early medieval history, family history, the history of power, and, of course, medieval propospography. Because Stafford’s book looked across traditional geographic and political divides in the early medieval era, she inspired scholars working in varied parts of Europe and on different periods. Even late medievalists have credited and continue to hail Stafford’s originality and innovative methodology.
Valerie L. Garver
Pauline Stafford's Queens, Concubines, and Dowagers Thirty-Five Years Later (A Roundtable)
Bernhard Brown & Gold Room
This roundtable session will consider the influence and importance of Pauline Stafford’s Queens, Concubines, and Dowagers: the King’s Wife in the Early Middle Ages (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1983, repr. 2000) thirty-five years after its initial publication. Early on the book earned widespread international regard. Few books have had more lasting influence over the last four decades within the fields of women’s history, early medieval history, family history, the history of power, and, of course, medieval propospography. Because Stafford’s book looked across traditional geographic and political divides in the early medieval era, she inspired scholars working in varied parts of Europe and on different periods. Even late medievalists have credited and continue to hail Stafford’s originality and innovative methodology.
Valerie L. Garver