Nuns have been associated with the Cistercian Order since its inception, yet-with the exception of a few famous-or infamous-houses they received scant attention until the current explosion in gender studies. This collection of studies should fan the embers of this developing interest into flame. Treated here by experts in the field are the iconographic depiction of Saint Bernard's sister Humbeline, the history of regional architecture of Cistercian women's houses in such diverse areas as southern France, the Low Countries, ...
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Nuns have been associated with the Cistercian Order since its inception, yet-with the exception of a few famous-or infamous-houses they received scant attention until the current explosion in gender studies. This collection of studies should fan the embers of this developing interest into flame. Treated here by experts in the field are the iconographic depiction of Saint Bernard's sister Humbeline, the history of regional architecture of Cistercian women's houses in such diverse areas as southern France, the Low Countries, Germany, and Spain; and detailed examinations of artifacts produced by the nuns themselves-a manuscript from Austria and a tapestry from the Netherlands. Each chapter in its way opens a new window into the lives of the women who lived quietly and largely unremembered in the cloisters of medieval Europe.
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VG. Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Brown/red dj with color photograph. xi, 366 pages: illustrations, maps. Contents: The iconography of Bernard of Clairvaux and his sister Humbeline / James France--Buildings in wood, brick, stone, tiles: vestiges of the architecture for Cistecian nuns in southern France / Constance H. Berman--Cistercian nunneries in the Low Countries: the medieval architectural remains / Thomas Coomans--The architecture of Cistercian nunneries in the north of Germany / Christine Kratzke--The royal convent of Las Huelgas: dynastic politics, religious reform and artistic change in medieval Castile / James D'Emilio--The Cistercian nuns' abbey of SS. Jacobi et Burchardi: an introduction to its history and architecture / Cornelia Oefelein--A rare parchment from the scriptorium of the Cistercian nunnery of Saint Bernard by Horn (lower Austria) / Charlotte Ziegler--Spirituality, authority and monastic vows: a n antependium from the community of Flines / Andrea G. Pearson.
