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

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 monume...

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Main Author: Harris, Barbara J. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2018
Series:Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World
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