Crown and Veil

I recommend [Crown and Veil] to all readers interested in the history of art, women and religion -- Anke Bernau Times Higher Education Supplement The first broad survey of the history of female monasticism and its effect on medieval culture... Recommended. Choice A most readable and enlightening volume on the main issues of female monasticism. Bulletin Codicologique With its broad chronological, thematic, and geographical coverage and its scholarly but accessible contributions, this collection provides an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in female spirituality and the religious lives of medieval women. H-Net Reviews With its broad chronological, thematic, and geographical coverage and its scholarly but accessible contributions, this collection provides an ideal starting point. -- Karen Stoeber H-German A stimulating conversation that will hopefully... instigate further research and thought... The material covered is breathtaking. -- Laura Swan Magistra "I recommend [ Crown and Veil] to all readers interested in the history of art, women and religion" -- Anke Bernau, Times Higher Education Supplement "The first broad survey of the history of female monasticism and its effect on medieval culture... Recommended." -- Choice "A most readable and enlightening volume on the main issues of female monasticism." -- Bulletin Codicologique "With its broad chronological, thematic, and geographical coverage and its scholarly but accessible contributions, this collection provides an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in female spirituality and the religious lives of medieval women." -- H-Net Reviews "With its broad chronological, thematic, and geographical coverage and its scholarly but accessible contributions, this collection provides an ideal starting point." -- Karen Stoeber, H-German "A stimulating conversation that will hopefully... instigate further research and thought... The material covered is breathtaking." -- Laura Swan Magistra Well-written and wonderfully illustrated... -- Greg Peters Sixteenth Century Journal A welcome contribution. -- Ephrem Hollermann American Benedictine Review With its broad chronological, geographical and thematic approach Crown and Veil provides a good and, overall, well-balanced introduction to a complex field of medieval religious history Journal of Ecclesiastical History ...a valuable resource... -- Anna Harrison Religious Studies Review