{"product_id":"crown-and-veil-jeffrey-hamburger-9780231139809","title":"Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrown and Veil\u003c\/i\u003e offers a broad introduction to the history and visual culture of female monasticism in the Middle Ages, from the earliest communities of Late Antiquity to the Reformation. Scholars from numerous disciplines offer a wide range of perspectives not to be found in any other single book on the subject, placing the art, architecture, literature, liturgy, religious practices, and economic foundations of these communities within a wide historical and cultural context. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong considered marginal to mainstream history, nuns and canonesses in fact had a profound influence on medieval culture. Revered and admired as models of piety, they commanded considerable prestige and exercised a significant degree of political power. Whether acting as producers or patrons of art, nuns were widely celebrated for their imaginative accomplishments. Focusing on the visual culture of female monastic communities in the German Empire, Frankish Gaul, Langobard Italy, and Anglo-Saxon England, this volume underscores the richness of largely unfamiliar material and its role in shaping distinctive forms of religious life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Hamburger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231139802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231139809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.43w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2008 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013 pg. 31","brand":"Jeffrey Hamburger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913483780351,"sku":"9780231139809","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_31017770-d5d4-4734-b5b0-25ce87591a74.jpg?v=1680620624","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crown-and-veil-jeffrey-hamburger-9780231139809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}