TEMA at Leeds 2006

TEMA-Sponsored
Sessions at Leeds 2006

Once again, the Texas Medieval Association will sponsor sessions at the International
Medieval Congress in Leeds, England. These sessions are open-submission, and
you do not have to be a TEMA member to participate in one. The three TEMA-sponsored
sessions scheduled for Leeds 2006, July 10-13, are listed below.

Session
224 – July 10 – 2:15-3:45pm

Royal Coronations
in England and Spain: Ritual, Drama, and Politics

Organiser:
Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston
Moderator: Michael H. Gelting, Rigsarkivet, København

• • Edgar the
    Peaceable and the Coronation of 961

    Rogan Brunet, Department of History, Houston Community College Southwest

• • Claims and
    Coronations of Kingly Men

    Patricia Torpis, University of St Thomas, Texas

• • Coronation
    or Regency: Gesture as Power Transfer in the Liber Feudorum Maior

    Eileen P. McKiernan Gonzalez, Department of Art, Berea College, Kentucky

Session
1009 – July 12 – 9:00-10:30am

The Politics of Royal Children: Potential and Actual

Organiser: Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston
Moderator: Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston

• • All
    My Children: The Questionable Parentage of Edward the Elder’s Youngest Sons
    Lori A. Lehtola, Department of History, University of St Thomas, Houston

• • Las
    Infantas: Medieval Spanish Royal Females
    Debra D. Andrist, Department of Modern & Classical Languages, University
    of St Thomas, Houston

• • King
    for Lack of Adult Men of the Royal House: King Erik III of Denmark, 1137-1146
    Michael H. Gelting, Rigsarkivet, København

Session
1317 – July 12 – 4:30-6:00pm

Abbots, Jews,
and Other Christians Go to Court: Emotion, Drama, and Politics of Trials

Organiser: Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston
Moderator: Patricia Torpis, University of St Thomas, Texas

• • Preserving
    its Patrimony: The Cases at Court of St Etienne, Caen
    Priscilla D. Watkins, Houston Community College

• • Drama in the
    Courtroom: The Abbey of Bec at Court
    Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston

• Jews and Christians
  in the 13th-Century English Courtroom
  Frances Mitilineos, Department of History, Loyola University Chicago