Dark age bodies : gender and monastic practice in the early medieval West / Lynda L. Coon.

  • Coon, Lynda L.
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[2011], ©2011
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011], ©2011.

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xi, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-373) and index.

Contents

"Hrabanus is my name" -- A Carolingian aesthetic of bricolage -- Gendering the Benedictine rule -- Carolingian practices of the rule -- Inscribing the rule onto Carolingian sacred space -- Gendering the plan of Saint Gall -- Foursquare power.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780812242690
  • 0812242696