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

Title English aristocratic women and the fabric of piety, 1450-1550 / Barbara J. Harris.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Gendering the late medieval and early modern world ; 2
Gendering the late medieval and early modern world ; 2.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 18, 2018).
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
Subject Women and religion -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Women and religion -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Upper class women -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Upper class women -- England -- History -- 16th century.
England -- Church history -- 15th century.
England -- Church history -- 16th century.
Art patronage -- England -- Religious aspects -- History -- 15th century.
Art patronage -- England -- Religious aspects -- History -- 16th century.
Church decoration and ornament -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Church decoration and ornament -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Church architecture -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Church architecture -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Religious art -- England -- History -- 15th century.
Religious art -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Femmes et religion -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 15e siècle.
Femmes et religion -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siècle.
Femmes de la classe supérieure -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 15e siècle.
Femmes de la classe supérieure -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siècle.
Angleterre -- Histoire religieuse -- 15e siècle.
Angleterre -- Histoire religieuse -- 16e siècle.
Mécénat -- Angleterre -- Aspect religieux -- Histoire -- 15e siècle.
Mécénat -- Angleterre -- Aspect religieux -- Histoire -- 16e siècle.
Églises -- Décoration et ornement -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 15e siècle.
Églises -- Décoration et ornement -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siècle.
Architecture chrétienne -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 15e siècle.
Architecture chrétienne -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siècle.
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Church architecture
Church decoration and ornament
Religious art
Upper class women
Women and religion
England https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpYDdYvBpjXV6WpybK68C
Chronological Term 1400-1599
Indexed Term Female patronage of architecture.
Yorkist and early Tudor aristocratic women.
architecture, 1450-1550.
female piety.
parish churches.
Genre/Form Church history
History
Other Form: Print version: Harris, Barbara J. (Barbara Jean), 1942- English aristocratic women and the fabric of piety, 1450-1550. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018] (DLC) 2018484533
ISBN 9789048537228 (electronic bk.)
9048537223 (electronic bk.)
9462985987
9789462985988

 
    
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