Women, Power, and Gender in Medieval Iberia: In Memory of Simon Barton (1962-2017) I

Sponsoring Organization(s)

American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain (AARHMS)

Organizer Name

Maya Soifer Irish

Organizer Affiliation

Rice Univ.

Presider Name

Simon Doubleday

Presider Affiliation

Hofstra Univ.

Paper Title 1

Women in the Mountains: Evidence of Early Female Asceticism in Iberia

Presenter 1 Name

Rachel Tidlund

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 2

Sexual Convivencia: Medieval Iberian Interreligious Dynamics

Presenter 2 Name

Hicham Boutaleb

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. van Amsterdam

Paper Title 3

Property, Power, and Gender: Women's Landholding in Medieval Catalonia, 1250-1350

Presenter 3 Name

Sarah Ifft Decker

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Start Date

10-5-2019 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 106

Description

Studies of women and gender in medieval Iberia have not only explored the experiences of women and conceptions of gender roles, but also illuminated a wide range of other topics, including interfaith relations, economy, legal culture, and the process of maintaining conquests. These sessions, organized in memory of the late Simon Barton, invite scholars to present exciting new research on the topic of women and gender, broadly defined, across the Iberian Peninsula. Papers considering intersections between gender and power, as Barton so effectively accomplished in his final book, are particularly encouraged, as are papers that place gender in the context of interfaith relations in medieval Iberia. Maya Soifer Irish