Sacred communities, shared devotions : gender, material culture, and monasticism in late medieval Germany

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Label

Sacred communities, shared devotions : gender, material culture, and monasticism in late medieval Germany

Title remainder

gender, material culture, and monasticism in late medieval Germany

Statement of responsibility

by June L. Mecham ; edited by Alison I. Beach, Constance H. Berman and Lisa M. Bitel

Creator

• Mecham, June L

Contributor

• Bitel, Lisa M., 1958-
• Berman, Constance H
• Beach, Alison I

Subject

• Material culture -- Germany -- History -- To 1500
• Material culture -- Religious aspects | Christianity
• Monastic and religious life of women -- Germany -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Religion and sociology -- Germany -- History -- To 1500
• Convents -- Germany -- History -- To 1500

Language

eng

Summary

"'Sacred communities, shared devotions' takes us behind the gates of six medieval Saxon convents and into the lives of rich and noble nuns going about their daily labour of religion just before the Lutheran Reformation. Drawing on writings by and about the nuns, as well as an analysis of the costly art and architecture of their monasteries, June Mecham reveals how monastic women wielded their wealth to create a ritual environment dense with Christian images and meanings. Mecham argues that nuns chose devotions and rituals within the framework of a distinct material culture, influenced by local religious customs, gender structures, and social protocols. She questions perceived differences between monastic and lay piety, emphasizing instead the shared religious culture in which monastic and laywomen actively participated, and the continuity that shaped female devotion."--Cover

Member of

• Medieval women, 29

Cataloging source

ERASA

Dewey number

940.1

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

• D900
• BX4210

LC item number

.M43 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Medieval women: texts and contexts

Series volume

vol. 29