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

Barbara Harris

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

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2018

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

The Fabric of Piety

Barbara Harris

In the series Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048537228

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About this book

This study uncovers the active role played by women in the evolution of religious art and architecture. Their preferred art, Barbara J. Harris shows, reveals their responses to the religious revolution and signifies their preferred identities.

Author / Editor information

Harris Barbara :

Barbara J. Harris is professor emeritus of history and women’s studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reviews

"Harris has assembled a large amount of material, and while she warns about the dangers of statistics, her selective use of them makes a compelling case for aristocratic women’s patterns and priorities in making pious bequests. [...] [The references in the book] make available to readers the raw materials that underlie her book and provide a tremendous resource for scholars to mine."
- Katherine L. French, Early Modern Women Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, Spring 2021

"English Aristocratic Women is useful for scholars and more general readers interested in women's piety and their responses to the religious culture of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Readers interested in the role of women in the evolution of religious art and architecture of the period will also appreciate the author's profound insights, accessible writing, and thorough research."
- Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, Anglican and Episcopal History Vol. 89, 4 (2020)

"In this deeply informative and important work of scholarship Harris demonstrates time and again that, through provision for their souls and their bodies, many aristocratic women living through the Yorkist and Tudor reigns sought to affirm in death their own vision of self-hood often denied to them in life."
- Kelcey Wilson-Lee, Church Monuments 33 (2018)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	7
Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	9
Illustrations Open Access Download PDF	11
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	13
Preface Open Access Download PDF	15
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	17
1. Tombs: Honoring the Dead Open Access Download PDF	25
2. Chantries: The Quest for Perpetual Prayers Open Access Download PDF	51
3. Building for the Congregation: Roofs, Aisles, and Stained Glass Open Access Download PDF	71
4. Adorning the Liturgy: Luxury Fabrics and Chapel Plate Open Access Download PDF	87
5. Almshouses and Schools: Prayers and Service to the Community Open Access Download PDF	103
6. Defining Themselves Open Access Download PDF	115
7. Epilogue: Destruction and Survival Open Access Download PDF	135
Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	151
Appendix 1.Patrons of the Fabric of the Church Open Access Download PDF	157
Appendix 2.Patrons of Tombs Open Access Download PDF	215
Appendix 3.Location of Tombs in Churches Open Access Download PDF	221
Appendix 4.Choice of Burial Companion Open Access Download PDF	227
Appendix 5.Women Who Commissioned Chantries Open Access Download PDF	229
Appendix 6.Commissions of Stained-Glass Windows Open Access Download PDF	231
Appendix 7.Additions or Major Repairs to Churches Open Access Download PDF	233
Appendix 8.Bequests of Vestments Open Access Download PDF	235
Appendix 9.Patrons of Almshouses or Schools Open Access Download PDF	239
Glossary Open Access Download PDF	241
Select Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	247
Archival Sources Open Access Download PDF	249

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 232
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 11
- Other: 12 halftones
Keywords: Female patronage of architecture; parish churches; Yorkist and early Tudor aristocratic women; architecture; 1450-1550; female piety

eBook

Published: July 11, 2018
ISBN: 9789048537228