Dismantling the medieval : early modern perceptions of a female convent's past / Steven Vanderputten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanderputten, Steven, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abbaye de Bouxières-aux-Dames.

Benedictine monasteries--France--Bouxières-aux-Dames--History--18th century.

Benedictine monasteries.

Benedictine nuns--France--Bouxières-aux-Dames--History--18th century.

Benedictine nuns.

Canonesses--France--Bouxières-aux-Dames--History--18th century.

Canonesses.

Collective memory--France--Bouxières-aux-Dames--History--18th century.

Collective memory.

Abbaye de Bouxières-aux-Dames--History--18th century.

History.

France--Bouxières-aux-Dames.

Physical Description:

247 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021]

Summary:

"Dismantling the medieval studies the paradoxical relationship of the early modern canonesses of Bouxières with the medieval past of their institution. While various documentary, material, spatial, and immaterial legacies of that past remained a crucial presence in the convent's narrative of self, the canonesses also used and manipulated them to pursue and justify drastic changes in their organization and lifestyle. Thanks to an unusually rich and varied body of evidence, we are able to reconstruct in unprecedented detail this elite convent's highly flexible memory culture over a period of more than two centuries. Guiding the reader back through time, the book gradually reveals how and why the canonesses' connection to the medieval past lived on throughout many crises and transformations, including even the abbey's dissolution in 1791."--Back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 1833 A Gift for an Emperor

ch. 2 1801 St Gozelin's (Im)mortal Remains

ch. 3 1784 The Death of a Medieval Convent

ch. 4 1766 Retooling Religious Space and Identities

ch. 5 1692 Old and New Memories of Origins.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-239) and index.

ISBN:

9782503593470

250359347X

OCLC:

1265347647

Publisher Number:

99989828833