Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 390 p., [8] p. of plates)
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ill. (some col.)
ISBN:
1283897466
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9781283897464
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9780812204919
Series Statement:
The Middle Ages series
Content:
Dark Age Bodies reconstructs the gender ideology of monastic masculinity through an investigation of early medieval readings of the body and its parts. It brings together scholarship in architectural history and cultural anthropology to frame an important reconsideration of Carolingian culture.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Dark Age Bodies -- Chapter 1. ''Hrabanus Is My Name'' -- Chapter 2. A Carolingian Aesthetic of Bricolage -- Chapter 3. Gendering the Benedictine Rule -- Chapter 4. Carolingian Practices of the Rule -- Chapter 5. Inscribing the Rule onto Carolingian Sacred Space -- Chapter 6. Gendering the Plan of Saint Gall -- Chapter 7. Foursquare Power -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-373) and index
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction: Dark Age Bodies""; ""Chapter 1. ''Hrabanus Is My Name''""; ""Chapter 2. A Carolingian Aesthetic of Bricolage""; ""Chapter 3. Gendering the Benedictine Rule""; ""Chapter 4. Carolingian Practices of the Rule""; ""Chapter 5. Inscribing the Rule onto Carolingian Sacred Space""; ""Chapter 6. Gendering the Plan of Saint Gall""; ""Chapter 7. Foursquare Power""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""
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""R""""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Acknowledgments""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1283889668
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812242690
Additional Edition:
Print version Dark Age Bodies : Gender and Monastic Practice in the Early Medieval West
Language:
English
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