Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries

Edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger and Susan Marti

May, 2008
Cloth, 344 pages, 73 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-13980-9
$40.00

List of Illustrations

Foreword, by Caroline Walker Bynum

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Histories of Female Monasticism, by Jeffrey F. Hamburger

1. Early Monasteries and Foundations (500-1200): An Introduction, by Jan Gerchow with Katrinette Bodarw∑, Susan Marti, and Hedwig Ršckelein

2. The Time of the Orders, 1200-1500: An Introduction, by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Petra Marx, and Susan Marti

3. Between This World and the Next: The Art of Religious Women in the Middle Ages, by Jeffrey F. Hamburger and Robert Suckale

4. Church and Cloister: The Architecture of Female Monasticism in the Middle Ages, by Carola JŠggi and Uwe Lobbedey

5. "Nuns' Work," "Caretaker Institutions," and "Women's Movements": Some Thoughts About a Modern Historiography of Medieval Monasticism, by Jan Gerchow and Susan Marti

6. The Visionary Texts and Visual Worlds of Religious Women, by Barbara Newman

7. Patterns of Female Piety in the Later Middle Ages, by Caroline Walker Bynum

8. Time and Space: Liturgy and Rite in Female Monasteries of the Middle Ages, by Gisela Muschiol

9. Founders, Donors, and Saints: Patrons of Nuns' Convents, by Hedwig Ršckelein

10. Pastoral Care in Female Monasteries: Sacramental Services, Spiritual Edification, Ethical Discipline, by Klaus Schreiner

11. Household and Prayer: Medieval Convents as Economic Entities, by Werner Ršsener

12. Wanderers Between Worlds: Visitors, Letters, Wills, and Gifts as Means of Communication in Exchanges Between Cloister and the World, by Gabriela Signori

Works Cited

Picture Credits

Related Subjects

• Medieval History
• Medieval Religion
• Women's Studies

About the Author

Jeffrey F. Hamburger is the Kuno Franke Professor of German Art and Culture in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. A scholar of medieval monasticism, mysticism, and manuscript illumination, he is a fellow of the Medieval Academy, and his books have received numerous awards, including the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, the Morey Prize of the College of Art Association, and the Roland Bainton Prize in Art and Music. Susan Marti is a scholar of the art of female monasticism and manuscript illumination and a curator for exhibitions on the Middle Ages. She has published research on medieval art in German-speaking countries and has collaborated on several important exhibitions in Germany, Switzerland, and France.

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