Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2606
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Crossley , Paul.
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  • Title: The Architecture of Queenship: Royal Saints, Female Dynasties and the Spread of Gothic Architecture in Central Europe [traces the influence of St. Elisabeth's church in Marburg on architecture in central Europe].
  • Source: Queens and Queenship in Medieval Europe: Proceedings of a Conference Held at King's College London, April 1995.  Edited by Anne J. Duggan.  Boydell Press, 1997.  Pages 263 - 300.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Architecture- Religious Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Gothic Architecture Influences Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany- Church of St. Elisabeth
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Europe;Germany
  • Century: 13- 14
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  • Illustrations: Twenty-three figures. Two interior views of St. Elisabeth at Marburg. Floor plan of St. Elisabeth at Marburg. Exterior view of St. Elisabeth at Marburg. Floor plan of Kalocsa cathedral. Drawing of the tomb of Gertrud of Andrechs-Meranien from the Cistercian church in Pilis. Sculpted head from Gertrud's tomb. Drawing of Cambrai cathedral from the exterior. Drawing by Villard de Honnecourt of the choir of Cambrai cathedral. Tympanum of the west portal of St. Elisabeth at Marburg. High altar including the figure of St. Elisabeth from St. Elisabeth at Marburg. Floor plan of the Cistercian church at Trzebnica. View of St. Hedwig's chapel, in the Cistercian church at Tzerbnica. Exterior view of St. Hedwig's chapel, Cistercian church at Tzerbnica. Portal from St. Hedwig's chapel, Cistercian church at Trzebnica. St. Saviour's choir in the Agnes Monastery in Prague. Roof boss depicting the coronation of the Virgin from St. Elisabeth at Marburg. Floor plan of Holy Cross church, Wroclaw. Exterior view of Holy Cross church. Floor plan of the burial chapel from the Cistercian church at Lubiaz. Exterior view of the Cistercian church at Lubiaz. Floor plan of St. Mary, Old Brno. Exterior view of St. Mary, Old Brno.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Courtauld Institute of Art
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  • Year of Publication: 1997.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0851156576