Format:
XLIV, 579 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
,
27 cm
ISBN:
9780271033693
Content:
"Examines 58 letters written by Katerina Lemmel, a wealthy Nuremberg widow, who in 1516 entered the abbey of Maria Mai in south Germany, and rebuilt the monastery using her own resources and the donations she solicited from relatives"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction -- Looking through words, numbers, images, buildings, and melodies : glimpses of childhood and marriage, investment and donation, in the nuremberg of Katerina -- Imhoff Lemmel, 1466-1516 -- Disappearing behind veils and walls with windows : Katerina's rituals and rhetoric of passage in June 1516 -- Opening windows of communication : building and business, letters from 1516 -- Sitting at the window : news of shattered promises and bad returns : letters from February through July 1517 -- Windows of opportunity : bad times, singing for saffron, sights and sounds -- Scents and tastes, of commemoration : letters from August through December 1517 -- Writing by window light, singing by candlelight : Benefactions through windows to the world outside : letters from 1518 -- Windows under scrutiny : letters from 1519 -- Some good eyeglasses : letters from 1520-1522 -- Breaking windows : violent clashes in the Peasants' War of 1525 -- Now through a glass darkly, but then face to face : Katerina's last letter last words and last will -- Conclusion: Moving forward with a glance in the rearview mirro
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Art History
Keywords:
Kloster Maihingen
;
Birgittenorden
;
Ordensleben
;
Künste
;
Geschichte 1500-1530
;
Lemmel, Katerina 1466-1533
;
Kloster Maihingen
;
Klosteranlage
;
Stiftung
;
Architektur
;
Ausstattung
;
Lemmel, Katerina 1466-1533
;
Lemmel, Katerina 1466-1533
;
Kloster Maihingen
;
Birgittenorden
;
Lemmel, Katerina 1466-1533
;
Briefsammlung
;
Lemmel, Katerina 1466-1533
;
Deutschland
;
Birgittenorden
;
Ordensleben
;
Künste
;
Geschichte 1500-1530
;
Lemmel, Katerina 1466-1533
;
Kloster Maihingen
;
Klosteranlage
;
Stiftung
;
Bautätigkeit
;
Architektur
;
Lemmel, Katerina 1466-1533
;
Kloster Maihingen
;
Klosteranlage
;
Stiftung
;
Bautätigkeit
;
Ausstattung
;
Briefsammlung
;
Quelle
Author information:
Lemmel, Katerina 1466-1533
Author information:
Schleif, Corine
Author information:
Schier, Volker
