The occluded role of royal women and lost works of pre-Norman English and Irish art (tenth to twelfth centuries)
Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh
Medieval women's involvement with artworks and building campaigns can sometimes be hidden, particularly when, as architectural patronage, that is familial multi-generational; it also likely to routinely underestimated by scholars in the absence of themselves. This paper discusses various interactions between royal women, art architecture from turn tenth century arrival Normans England Anglo-Normans Ireland. Moving portable objects, analysis two lost – Edith Wilton's alb, described Goscelin, Derbforgaill Mide's chalice given Mellifont suggests historical sources more revealing iconography meaning than often assumed. Finally, a brief examination Ælfflæd/Frithestan/Cuthbert embroideries shows these fit same paradigms works, they may offer some further insight into Ælfflæd's status fate.
Journal of Medieval History