Women As Scribes

Klappentext This study shows how female scribes contributed to the intellectual revival of the Middle Ages. Zusammenfassung This is a study of the role of female scribes at three different religious communities in Bavaria in the twelfth century. It shows how the women's work - in extending the increased intellectual activity of the scriptoria - supported the revival of the monastic reform movements of that period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Diemut and the nun-scribes of Wessobrunn; 3. Claustration and collaboration: the nun-scribes of Admont; 4. Unlikely allies in the scriptorium: the female scribes of Schäftlarn; 5. Conclusion; Appendix A. Codicological tables; Appendix B. Ruling patterns; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Beach Alison I., Alison I Beach, Alison I. Beach, Beach Alison I.
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521126946
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12694-6
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Palaeogra; Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Palaeography (History Of Writing), Palaeography