Review
I recommend [ Crown and Veil] to all readers interested in the history of art, women and religion
(Anke Bernau
Times Higher Education Supplement Winter 2009)
The first broad survey of the history of female monasticism and its effect on medieval culture... Recommended.
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Choice 3/1/10)
A most readable and enlightening volume on the main issues of female monasticism.
(
Bulletin Codicologique Vol. 61 3, July 2010)
With its broad chronological, thematic, and geographical coverage and its scholarly but accessible contributions, this collection provides an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in female spirituality and the religious lives of medieval women.
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H-Net Reviews )
With its broad chronological, thematic, and geographical coverage and its scholarly but accessible contributions, this collection provides an ideal starting point.
(Karen Stoeber
H-German )
A stimulating conversation that will hopefully... instigate further research and thought... The material covered is breathtaking.
(Laura Swan
Magistra )
"I recommend [ Crown and Veil] to all readers interested in the history of art, women and religion" -- Anke Bernau, Times Higher Education Supplement "The first broad survey of the history of female monasticism and its effect on medieval culture... Recommended." -- Choice "A most readable and enlightening volume on the main issues of female monasticism." -- Bulletin Codicologique "With its broad chronological, thematic, and geographical coverage and its scholarly but accessible contributions, this collection provides an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in female spirituality and the religious lives of medieval women." -- H-Net Reviews "With its broad chronological, thematic, and geographical coverage and its scholarly but accessible contributions, this collection provides an ideal starting point." -- Karen Stoeber, H-German "A stimulating conversation that will hopefully... instigate further research and thought... The material covered is breathtaking."
(Laura Swan
Magistra )
Well-written and wonderfully illustrated....
(Greg Peters
Sixteenth Century Journal )
A welcome contribution.
(Ephrem Hollermann
American Benedictine Review )
With its broad chronological, geographical and thematic approach Crown and Veil provides a good and, overall, well-balanced introduction to a complex field of medieval religious history
(
Journal of Ecclesiastical History )
Review
This book is as rare and finely crafted as the lives of the women it celebrates. Crown and Veil is the product of an outstanding international collaboration of scholars, and it offers an introduction to a world hitherto only glimpsed in its complexity and richness. Every aspect of the nuns' social, institutional, artistic, liturgical, economic, and spiritual life is brought into play. The book is as beautiful as it is comprehensive.
(Rachel Fulton, The University of Chicago 5/1/09)
