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Bezig met laden... Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuriesdoor Jeffrey F. Hamburger
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a wide-ranging collection of essays, looking at female monasticism in Western Europe from roughly 500 to 1500 with a special focus on the regions which lay within the Holy Roman Empire. Originally written as a catalogue to accompany art exhibitions held in Bonn and Essen in 2005, the articles show their origin in their focus on the rich material and artistic culture of these convents. Almost all are therefore very well illustrated, though I wish the accompanying photographs had been in colour rather than black and white—there was one statue of the Magdalene in particular which looked stunning, and I would really have appreciated seeing it in something other than monochrome. As the editor, Jeffrey Hamburger, states in his introduction, Crown and Veil is intended to bring together the work of American and German medievalists, two groups of scholars who do not interact as much as they should thanks to the language barrier and various other obstacles. Reading it certainly introduced me to some scholars and some historical figures of whom I had not previously been aware, and I will be mining the bibliography in the near future. Some editorial errors (mostly in the footnotes) as well as some minor clunkiness in the translation are minor quibbles with what is otherwise a fine collection. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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 considerable prestige and exercised a significant degree of political power. Whether acting as producers or patrons of art, nuns were widely celebrated for their imaginative accomplishments. Focusing on the visual culture of female monastic communities in the German Empire, Frankish Gaul, Langobard Italy, and Anglo-Saxon England, this volume underscores the richness of largely unfamiliar material and its role in shaping distinctive forms of religious life. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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