103 P - Women in the Medieval World

Friday, June 2, 2017: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
BRESL 15 (Hofstra University)
Chair:
Linda E Mitchell, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Medieval Women and the "Problem" of Performance
Susannah Crowder, John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY
Having It All in Medieval England? The Careers of Ladies-in-Waiting
Caroline Dunn, Clemson University
The changes in the rights of women of the warrior class during the Kamakura Shogunate (1180-1333) in medieval Japan
Ikuyo Nomura, Independent Scholar

Session Abstract

This panel brings together papers to consider the condition of women in the medieval world from a global perspective. From ladies of the royal courts in Europe to women of the samurai class in Japan, these papers examine how society regarded gender as a classification, and how women responded to these constraints.

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