Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	232
Title	Borderlands, I: Transitions, Transformations, and Fluidities - Allegiances and Gender
Date/Time	Monday 4 July 2022: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Royal Studies Network
Organiser	Zita Eva Rohr, Department of History & Archaeology, Macquarie University, Sydney
Moderator/Chair	Elena Woodacre, Department of History, University of Winchester
Paper 232-a	'Under imperium of the Angles': Building, Confirming, and Losing Claims on the Northumbrian Frontiers at Abercorn and Lindsey, 671-685 (Language: English) Trevor Wiley, Department of History, Boston College Index Terms: Ecclesiastical History; Historiography - Medieval; Local History
Paper 232-b	Delineating Boundaries: Gendering Intersex People in a Medieval Islamic Context (Language: English) Fatima Rhorchi, School of Law, Economics & Social Sciences (FSJES), Moulay Ismail University, Morocco Index Terms: Gender Studies; Islamic and Arabic Studies; Mentalities; Sexuality
Paper 232-c	The She-Wolf of France?: The Frenchness of Isabella Capet (Language: English) Michael Evans, Faculty of Social Science, Delta College, Michigan Index Terms: Gender Studies; Historiography - Medieval; Historiography - Modern Scholarship; Women's Studies
Abstract	This first panel of proposed papers will explore and pose questions regarding the idea of borderlands as cross-cultural physical spaces, mutable identities, and interconnecting historiographical methodologies. From the reorganization and transition of Northumbrian bishoprics in the 7th century and their embodiment mutable identities and shifting dynastic allegiances, the session pivots to investigating the gendering and identities of intersex people in medieval Islam, concluding with an examination of the identity and supposed viciousness, as well as the 'Frenchness' or otherwise, of Isabella Capet, 'She-Wolf' of France.