Holy Motherhood: Gender, Dynasty and Visual Culture in the Later Middle Ages - Manchester Medieval Studies - Elizabeth L'Estrange - Books - Manchester University Press - 9780719087264 - May 30, 2012
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Holy Motherhood: Gender, Dynasty and Visual Culture in the Later Middle Ages - Manchester Medieval Studies


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Brings images of holy motherhood and childbearing into the centre of an art-historical enquiry. Focuses on miniatures of the birth of the Virgin and the mothers of the Holy Kinship in Books of Hours made for aristocratic women in relation to the dynastic importance of heirs and the material culture of childbearing. -- .


320 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 30, 2012
ISBN13 9780719087264
Publishers Manchester University Press
Pages 304
Dimensions 138 × 216 × 17 mm   ·   428 g
Language English  
Series Editor Rigby, Steve

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