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Gender and Material Culture - The Archaeology of Religious Women (Hardcover)
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Gender and Material Culture - The Archaeology of Religious Women (Hardcover)
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Among the many archaeological books on monasticism, none has
considered the differences between the religious life of men and
women. Nunneries have often been dismissed as poor or failed
monasteries. Gender and Material Culture takes a fresh look at the
lives of religious women, providing the first complete case-study
in the archaeology of gender. This comparison of monasteries for
men and women reveals stark contrasts in the social and economic
status of religious foundations. Gender in medieval monasticism
influenced landscape contexts and strategies of economic
management, the form and development of buildings and their
symbolic and iconographic content. Women's religious experience was
often poorly documented, but their archaeology indicates a shared
tradition which was closely linked with, and valued by, local
communities. The distinctive patterns observed suggest that gender
is essential to archaeological analysis. The multi-disciplinary
approach of Gender and Material Culture will appeal to a wide
general readership, as well as archaeologists, medieval art
historians and those engaged in the historical studies of medieval
women.
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