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"Crowned with Many Crowns" Nuns and Their Statues in Late-Medieval Wienhausen

The Catholic historical review, 2015-01, Vol.101 (1), p.18-40 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
"Crowned with Many Crowns" Nuns and Their Statues in Late-Medieval Wienhausen
Author: Bynum, Caroline W.
Subjects: Analysis ; Antiquities ; Blessed Virgin, Saint ; Catholic Church ; crown ; Crowns ; Decoration and finishing ; Devotion to ; folk art ; folk sculpture ; German ; Germany ; headwear ; History ; Iconoclasm ; Idols and images ; Kloster Wienhausen ; Language history ; Liturgical objects ; Mary ; material culture ; Medieval period ; Middle Ages ; Monastic and religious life ; nun ; Nuns ; Religious aspects ; Religious history ; Sculpture ; Virgin Mary ; Wienhausen ; Wienhausen (Germany) ; Women
Is Part Of: The Catholic historical review, 2015-01, Vol.101 (1), p.18-40
Description: The crowning of statues was a common practice in medieval cloisters, but at the north German convent of Wienhausen, the golden crowns of statues were confiscated by Observant reformers after the reformation of 1469. The nuns voiced distress at the loss of these crowns and made new Marian statues with elegant wooden crowns that were irremovable. The author puts the crowns worn by Mary in the context of the crowns worn by the nuns themselves and argues that such elaborate headdresses carried for the sisters many meanings; they include shaping female identity, signaling monastic commitment, and foreshadowing the rewards of heaven.
Publisher: Washington: The Catholic University of America Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0008-8080
ISSN: 1534-0708
EISSN: 1534-0708
DOI: 10.1353/cat.2015.0038
CODEN: CHLRA9
Source: ProQuest Central

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"Crowned with Many Crowns" Nuns and Their Statues in Late-Medieval Wienhausen

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