Gender and Material Culture The Archaeology of Religious Women

Name: Gender and Material Culture The Archaeology of Religious Women
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ISBN: 9780415156561

ISBN-10: 0415156564

ISBN-13: 9780415156561

Edition: 1994

Authors: Roberta Gilchrist

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Among the many archaeological books on monasticism, none has considered the differences between the religious life of men and women, with nunneries often being dismissed as poor or failed monasteries.Gender and Material Culturetakes 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…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/7/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English