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Capetian Queenship: Taking a New Look
In contrast to the outpouring of recent scholarship on English queens, led by
the work of John Carmi Parsons, there has been little published on French
medieval queens since the classic article of Marion Facinger in 1968 ("A Study
of Medieval Queenship: Capetian France 987-1237," Studies in Medieval and
Renaissance Histoyr, 5, 1968) and valuable studies by Claire Richter Sherman in
1969 and 1982 (The Portraits of Charles V of France, 1969, and "Taking a Second
Look: Observations on the Iconography of a French Queen, Jeanne de Bourbon,"
Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany, 1982). A the present,
however, scholars have begun to turn their attention to questions of power,
patronage, and reginal consciousness in French queens of the twelfth,
thirteenth, and early fourteenth centuries.
Two sessions have been approved on this topic by the organizers of the1998
Kalamazoo Congress. The sponsors seek to stimulate as well as collect current
scholarship on Capetian queens from all disciplines, especially history, art
history, and literature.
Abstracts may be submitted to:
Kathleen Nolan
Art Department, P.O. Box 9521
Hollins College Roanoke, VA 24015
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
John Carmi Parsons
575 Adelaide St West, #413
Toronto M6J 3R8
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