Female Authority in Word and Image: A Session in Memory of Mary Gibbons Landor

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Christine de Pizan Society, North American Branch

Organizer Name

Benjamin M. Semple

Organizer Affiliation

Gonzaga Univ.

Presider Name

Benjamin M. Semple

Paper Title 1

Christine de Pizan and the Empowerment of Mary Tudor

Presenter 1 Name

Karen Robertson; Christine Reno

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Vassar College; Vassar College

Paper Title 2

Sibylline Self-Fashioning: Christine's Construction of Authority in the Queen's Manuscript

Presenter 2 Name

Kimberly Tate Anderson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Wittenberg Univ.

Paper Title 3

Christine de Pizan: The Soul Made in the Image of God, Gender Equality, and Access to Education

Presenter 3 Name

Ana Rieger Schmidt

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Start Date

11-5-2019 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 212

Description

The papers in this session will explore the nexus of word and image in the writings of Christine de Pizan or her contemporaries, as well as the construction of female authority in a male-dominated late medieval culture. Benjamin M. Semple