Nonnen : starke Frauen im Mittelalter / Hrsg. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum ; Essays von Anne Diekjobst [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diekjobst, Anne, author.

Contributor:

Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, editor, host institution.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Nuns in art--Exhibitions.

Nuns in art.

Christian art and symbolism--Europe--Medieval, 500-1500--Exhibitions.

Christian art and symbolism.

Monasticism and religious orders for women--Europe--History--Exhibitions.

Monasticism and religious orders for women.

Monastic and religious life of women--Europe--History--Exhibitions.

Monastic and religious life of women.

Art, Medieval--Europe--Exhibitions.

Art, Medieval.

Christian art and symbolism--Medieval.

History.

Europe.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

156 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 x 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2020]

Summary:

This publication sheds light on the various kinds of religious lives open to medieval women. Entering a cloister was more than simply deciding to lead a contemplative life devoted to prayer. Cloister life allowed women access to extensive education, and the writings of many a religious woman influenced the theology and knowledge of the Middle Ages. Others acceded to power and respect within the hierarchy of the cloister. They headed up widely connected orders or, as magnates, hosted royalty and were confident rulers of empires. Through essays and brief texts this richly illustrated volume relates information about the many different facets of women's lives in medieval cloisters. It takes a look at the everyday lives of nuns; provides room for these educated, influential, and poised women to speak for themselves; and introduces their spheres of belief and existence from the ninth to the early sixteenth century in Europe, especially in Switzerland.

Contents:

Vorwort / Andreas Spillmann

Einleitung / Christine Keller

Anfänge und Vielfalt religiöser Lebensformen für Frauen im Mittelalter / Christine Keller und Annalena Müller

Nonnen im Mittelalter : Ein geregeltes Leben fernab der Welt? / Annalena Müller

Der Lebensraum Kloster als Ort der Bildung / Eva Schlotheuber

Memoria im Frauenkloster / Gabriela Signori

Das Unfassbare in Worte fassen : Mystik in Frauenklöstern / Johanna Thali

Vergessene Macht : Die Äbtissinnen von Fraumünster, Fontevraud und Las Huelgas / Annalena Müller

Herausforderungen : Frauenklöster zwischen Reform und Reformation / Anne Diekjobst

Klöster als Kirche im Kleinen / Priorin Irene Gassmann, Benediktinerinnenkloster Fahr, im Gespräch mit Susann Bosshard-Kälin

Katalog : Nonnenporträts und Exponate

Autorinnen und Autoren

Bibliografie

Bildnachweis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-155).

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zürich, March 20 - July 19, 2020.

ISBN:

9783775746199

3775746196

9783905875461

3905875462

OCLC:

1149223481

Publisher Number:

9783775746199