English Aristocratic Women and the Fabric of Piety, 1450-1550 : The Fabric of Piety /

"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...

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Main Author: Harris, Barbara J. (Barbara Jean), 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t Table of Contents --  |t Abbreviations --  |t Illustrations --  |t Acknowledgements --  |t Preface --  |t Introduction --  |t 1. Tombs: Honoring the Dead --  |t 2. Chantries: The Quest for Perpetual Prayers --  |t 3. Building for the Congregation: Roofs, Aisles, and Stained Glass --  |t 4. Adorning the Liturgy: Luxury Fabrics and Chapel Plate --  |t 5. Almshouses and Schools: Prayers and Service to the Community --  |t 6. Defining Themselves --  |t 7. Epilogue: Destruction and Survival --  |t Conclusion --  |t Appendix 1. Patrons of the Fabric of the Church --  |t Appendix 2. Patrons of Tombs --  |t Appendix 3. Location of Tombs in Churches --  |t Appendix 4. Choice of Burial Companion --  |t Appendix 5. Women Who Commissioned Chantries --  |t Appendix 6.Commissions of Stained-Glass Windows --  |t Appendix 7. Additions or Major Repairs to Churches --  |t Appendix 8. Bequests of Vestments --  |t Appendix 9. Patrons of Almshouses or Schools --  |t Glossary --  |t Select Bibliography --  |t Archival Sources 
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