"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.
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