Gender and Historiography: Studies in the earlier middle ages in honour of Pauline Stafford
Janet L. Nelson (Author), Susan Reynolds (Author), Susan M. Johns (Author)
Series: IHR Conference Series
Published in association with: Institute of Historical Research
The chapters in this volume celebrate the work of Pauline Stafford, highlighting the ways in which it has advanced research in the fields of both Anglo-Saxon history and the history of medieval women and gender. Ranging across the period, and over much of the old Carolingian world as well as Anglo-Saxon England, they deal with such questions as the nature of kingship and queenship, fatherhood, elite gender relations, the transmission of property, the participation of women in lordship, slavery and warfare, and the nature of assemblies. Gender and historiography presents the fruits of groundbreaking research, inspired by Pauline Stafford’s own interests over a long and influential career.
Contents
Introduction
1 Fatherhood in late Lombard Italy
Ross Balzaretti
2 Anger, emotion and a biography of William the Conqueror
David Bates
3 ‘Anglo-Saxon Chronicle(s)’ or ‘Old English Royal Annals’?
Nicholas Brooks
4 The tale of Queen Ælfthryth in William of Malmesbury’s Gesta Regum Anglorum
Kirsten A. Fenton
5 Women, children and the profits of war John Gillingham
- Charters, ritual and late tenth-century English kingship
Charles Insley
7 Nest of Deheubarth: reading female power in the historiography of Wales
Susan M. Johns
8 Carolingian rulers and marriage in the age of Louis the Pious and his sons
Sylvie Joye
9 The cult of King Edward the Martyr during the reign of King Æthelred the Unready
Simon Keynes
10 Consors regni: a problem of gender? The consortium between Amalasuntha and Theodahad in 534
Cristina La Rocca
11 ‘Public’ aspects of lordly women’s domestic activities in France, c.1050–1200
Kimberly A. LoPrete
12 Property rights in Anglo-Saxon wills: a synoptic view
Julie Mumby
13 ‘Hunnish scenes’/Frankish scenes: a case of history that stands still?
Janet L. Nelson
14 Assembly government and assembly law Susan Reynolds
Professor Pauline Stafford’s publications in chronological order, excluding reviews
PDF: 9781909646469
EPUB: 9781905165803
Hardback: 9781905165797 / 234 pages / 245mm x 163mm
Susan Reynolds (Author)
Susan M. Johns (Author)
Janet L. Nelson (Author)
Subject: History, Medieval History
BISAC codes: ART015070, REL105000
Thema codes: NHAH
Keywords: Anglo-Saxon history, Early Medieval France, Medieval England, Ostrogothic kingdoms, Queenship, fatherhood
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