'I talk people, and you answer back in provinces': gender history in 'The Lion in Winter'

Courtesy of Héloïse Audry http://www.parcheminetparpot.com

Tomorrow I'm teaching a seminar on gender horizons in the 12th century and how kinship and marriage patterns shaped new models of woman sociology. As I was preparing, I remembered the brief tête-à-tête between king Henry and his mistress Alix in James Goldman's play The Lion in Winter. It could …