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Women as Scribes: Book Production and Monastic Reform in Twelfth-Century Bavaria - Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology Beach, Alison I. (College of William and Mary, Virginia)
Women as Scribes: Book Production and Monastic Reform in Twelfth-Century Bavaria - Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
Beach, Alison I. (College of William and Mary, Virginia)
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.
216 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 3, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521126946 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 216 |
| Dimensions | 171 × 246 × 12 mm · 378 g |
| Language | English |