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Record Number:
7631
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Gilchrist , Roberta.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Blessed Art Thou Among Women: the Archaeology of Female Piety [The author discusses the orientation, archaeological, and iconographic details of medieval British cloisters and other women’s monastic buildings. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Woman is a Worthy Wight: Women in English Society c. 1200-1500. Edited by P.J.P. Goldberg. Alan Sutton Publishing, 1992. Pages 212 - 226.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Archaeology
Architecture- Religious
Cloisters, Monastic
Iconography
Mary, Virgin, Saint in Art
Monasticism
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
13- 14- 15- 16
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
One Figure. Figure One Map showing the distribution of cloisters placed to the north and south of churches.
Table:
One Graph. Graph One Chronology of cloister orientation, 1020-1340.
Abstract:
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
University of East Anglia
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1992.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0862998646