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Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries
J (Ed) Hamburger
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Description for Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries
Hardback. A survey of female monasticism that begins with the first communities of Late Antiquity and ends with the Reformation. It focuses on the visual culture of female monasticism in the European Middle Ages. Editor(s): Hamburger, Jeffrey F.; Marti, Susan. Translator(s): Hamburger, Dietlinde. Num Pages: 344 pages, 73 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HRCC2; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Crown and Veil offers a broad introduction to the history and visual culture of female monasticism in the Middle Ages, from the earliest communities of Late Antiquity to the Reformation. Scholars from numerous disciplines offer a wide range of perspectives not to be found in any other single book on the subject, placing the art, architecture, literature, liturgy, religious practices, and economic foundations of these communities within a wide historical and cultural context. Long considered marginal to mainstream history, nuns and canonesses in fact had a profound influence on medieval culture. Revered and admired as models of piety, they commanded ... Read more
Crown and Veil offers a broad introduction to the history and visual culture of female monasticism in the Middle Ages, from the earliest communities of Late Antiquity to the Reformation. Scholars from numerous disciplines offer a wide range of perspectives not to be found in any other single book on the subject, placing the art, architecture, literature, liturgy, religious practices, and economic foundations of these communities within a wide historical and cultural context. Long considered marginal to mainstream history, nuns and canonesses in fact had a profound influence on medieval culture. Revered and admired as models of piety, they commanded ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231139809
SKU
V9780231139809
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About J (Ed) Hamburger
Jeffrey F. Hamburger is the Kuno Franke Professor of German Art and Culture in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. A scholar of medieval monasticism, mysticism, and manuscript illumination, he is a fellow of the Medieval Academy, and his books have received numerous awards, including the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, the Morey ... Read more
Reviews for Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries
I recommend [Crown and Veil] to all readers interested in the history of art, women and religion
Anke Bernau Times Higher Education Supplement The first broad survey of the history of female monasticism and its effect on medieval culture... Recommended. Choice A most readable and enlightening volume on the main issues of female monasticism. Bulletin Codicologique With its broad ... Read more
Anke Bernau Times Higher Education Supplement The first broad survey of the history of female monasticism and its effect on medieval culture... Recommended. Choice A most readable and enlightening volume on the main issues of female monasticism. Bulletin Codicologique With its broad ... Read more