About

Irene Carstairs is an independent scholar focusing on medieval Georgia, and particular on the reign of Tamar the Great.

Education

Utah Valley University, 2017

Publications

“Like an Anvil”: The Language of the Kartlis Tskhovreba and Tamar the Great


Team Queens Blog, July 15, 2021


https://teamqueens.org/2021/07/15/like-an-anvil-the-language-of-the-kartlis-tskhovreba-and-tamar-the-great/ 


 

“Tamar the Great: A Biography”


Team Queens Blog, April 22, 2021


https://teamqueens.org/2021/04/22/tamar-the-great-a-biography/


 

“The Promise of the Sleeping King: Wenceslaus I and Marko Kraljevic”


Medieval Magazine, Magic, Myth, and Legend, Issue 139, October 2020


 

“Fit for High Positions: Wallada Bint Al-Mustakfi”


Medieval Magazine, Medieval Women Writing, Issue 134, April 2020


 

“Sodomy, Consanguinity, and Sexual Heresy in Medieval Europe”


Whores of Yore Blog, February 12, 2020


https://www.thewhoresofyore.com/sex-history/sodomy-consanguinity-and-sexual-heresy-in-medieval-europe-by-irene-carstairs


 

“The Worst Kind of Monk” 


Medieval Magazine, Medieval Communities, Issue 131, January 2020


 

“The Three Augustas of Constantine IX”


 

Medieval Magazine, Byzantium, Issue 126, July 2019


 

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