Christ Church College, Oxford have asked me to mention their special interest event that Helen Castor will be speaking at next year.
Heloise & Abelard
(c) Musee Conde & The Bridgeman Art Library
‘Politics, Patronage and Prostitution: The Experiences of Medieval Women’ runs from 3-6 April 2014.
From the Christ Church website:
‘Every Spring Christ Church holds a Special Interest Weekend open to the public. In April 2014 we are having a single topic weekend on ‘Politics, Patronage and Prostitution: The Experiences of Medieval Women’. This weekend offers the chance to hear papers from a group of specialists on those matters which involved and concerned women generally. By sampling some individuals, such as Christine de Pisan, Heloise, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan of Arc, as well as taking a look at the experiences of those less famous, we shall endeavour to answer the question: what was it like for women to live in the medieval world?’
Marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine & Louis VII of France
(c) Musee Conde & The Bridgeman Art Library
Speakers include:
Dr Rowena E. Archer
Christine de Pisan (c.1364-c.1430) and Other Sources on the Lives of Medieval Women
Dr Frederik Pedersen
Tying the Knot: Love, Law and Marriage in the Middle Ages
Dr Helen Castor
She-Wolves: Queens and Power in Medieval England
Dr Hugh Doherty
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204): Duchess, Crusader, Queen
Dr Francis Woodman
Medieval Women as Patrons of Architecture
The Lady and the Unicorn
(c) Musee National de Moyen Age et des Thermes de Cluny, Paris & The Bridgeman Art Library
Professor Caroline Barron
Was There a “Golden Age” for Women in Medieval London?
Dr Martin Ingram
Common Women, Public Good? : Prostitutes and Society in Later Medieval England
Henrietta Leyser
Kiss and Tell? Abelard and Heloise Revisited
Dr Hannah Skoda
Warrior, Visionary or Heretic? : Trying to Understand Joan of Arc
Dr Maria Hayward
Power Dressing in the Middle Ages: How Women Used Clothing to Assert Their Position in Society
Effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II
(c) Fontevrault Abbey, France
You can download the brochure:
Politics, Patronage and Prostitution: The Experiences of Medieval Women Brochure
View of Baynards Castle
(c) The Bridgeman Art Library
For cost details and how to book:
You can either book online at:
Christ Church Oxford – Special Interest Event
Or phone:
+44 (0)1865 286848
Further details
Please direct all enquiries to:
Special Interest Weekend
The Steward’s Office
Christ Church
Oxford, OX1 1DP
Email: specialinterest@chch.ox.ac.uk
Web: www.chch.ox.ac.uk
Christine de Pisan presenting her book to Queen Isabella of Bavaria
(c) British Library Board
Sources
Christ Church Oxford – Special Interest Weekend
* All images from the Politics, Patronage and Prostitution: The Experiences of Medieval Women brochure
The British Library
The Bridgeman Art Library
Fontevrault Abbey
