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Author Harris, Barbara J. (Barbara Jean), 1942- author.

Title English Aristocratic Women and the Fabric of Piety, 1450-1550 : The Fabric of Piety / Barbara J. Harris.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021.
©[2018]

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations.
text file
Series Gendering the late medieval and early modern world ; 2
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Gendering the late medieval and early modern world ; 2.
Contents Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Tombs: Honoring the Dead -- 2. Chantries: The Quest for Perpetual Prayers -- 3. Building for the Congregation: Roofs, Aisles, and Stained Glass -- 4. Adorning the Liturgy: Luxury Fabrics and Chapel Plate -- 5. Almshouses and Schools: Prayers and Service to the Community -- 6. Defining Themselves -- 7. Epilogue: Destruction and Survival -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Patrons of the Fabric of the Church -- Appendix 2. Patrons of Tombs -- Appendix 3. Location of Tombs in Churches -- Appendix 4. Choice of Burial Companion -- Appendix 5. Women Who Commissioned Chantries -- Appendix 6.Commissions of Stained-Glass Windows -- Appendix 7. Additions or Major Repairs to Churches -- Appendix 8. Bequests of Vestments -- Appendix 9. Patrons of Almshouses or Schools -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography -- Archival Sources
Summary "The role played by women in the evolution of religious art and architecture has been largely neglected. This study of upper-class women in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries corrects that oversight, uncovering the active role they undertook in choosing designs, materials, and locations for monuments, and commissioning repairs and additions to many of the parish churches, chantry chapels, and almshouses characteristic of the English countryside. Their preferred art, Barbara J. Harris shows, reveals their responses to the religious reformation and signifies their preferred identities."--Back cover
Local Note Project Muse Project Muse Open Access
Access Open Access Unrestricted online access
Subject Women and religion.
Upper class women.
Religious art.
Church decoration and ornament.
Church architecture.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
Architecture chretienne -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siecle.
Architecture chretienne -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 15e siecle.
Églises -- Decoration et ornement -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siecle.
Églises -- Decoration et ornement -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 15e siecle.
Mecenat -- Angleterre -- Aspect religieux -- Histoire -- 16e siecle.
Mecenat -- Angleterre -- Aspect religieux -- Histoire -- 15e siecle.
Femmes de la classe superieure -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siecle.
Femmes de la classe superieure -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 15e siecle.
Femmes et religion -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siecle.
Femmes et religion -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 15e siecle.
Religious art -- England -- History -- 16th century.
England.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Religious art -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Chronological Term 15th century
Subject Church architecture -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Church architecture -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Church decoration and ornament -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Church decoration and ornament -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Art patronage -- England -- Religious aspects -- History -- 16th century.
Art patronage.
Art patronage -- England -- Religious aspects -- History -- 15th century.
Upper class women -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Upper class women -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Women and religion -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Women and religion -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Angleterre -- Histoire religieuse -- 16e siecle.
Angleterre -- Histoire religieuse -- 15e siecle.
England -- Church history -- 16th century.
Church history.
England -- Church history -- 15th century.
Genre/Form History.
Church history.
Electronic books. .
Added Author Project Muse, distributor.
ISBN 9789462985988
9789048537228
9048537223