We will be at Leeds International Medieval Congress 2014
Magic, Marriage, and Merchants: Women in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland
Session Time: Wed. 09 July – 16.30-18.00
This session will highlight the roles and stereotypes of women in Wales, Ireland, and Scotland in the period from c. 1100-1600.
Paper 1
Women, Magic, and Superstition in Medieval Ireland
Gillian Kenny, Centre for Gender & Women’s Studies, University College Dublin
Paper 2
Defending the Home: Marriages of the Clare Women in Wales & Ireland
Vanessa Josephine Traill, Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgow
Paper 3
Women at the Urban Economy in Early Modern Scotland
Cathryn Spence, Department of History, University of Guelph, Ontario
History of Women in Medieval Wales, Ireland & Scotland 