Roberta Gilchrist

Gender and Material Culture (eBook, ePUB)

The Archaeology of Religious Women

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Reveals, through a close comparison of monasteries for men and women, stark contrasts in the social and economic status of these religious foundations. The book provides the first complete case study in the applied archaeology of gender.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134730629
• Artikelnr.: 38258997

Autorenporträt

Roberta Gilchrist is a reader in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Reading, and consultant archaeologist to Norwich Cathedral. She has written widely on the topics of gender and church archaeolgy.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1 THE HANDMAID'S TALE
2 MAPPING WOMEN'S RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
3 NUNNERIES IN THE MEDIEVAL LANDSCAPE
4 IN THE CLOISTER
5 THE MEANINGS OF NUNNERY ARCHITECTURE
6 SYMBOLISM AND SECLUSION
7 AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF ALTERNATIVES
8 CONCLUSIONS: GENDER AND MEDIEVAL MONASTICISM
Bibliography
Index