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Holy Motherhood: Gender, Dynasty and Visual Culture in the Later Middle Ages - Manchester Medieval Studies Elizabeth L'Estrange
Holy Motherhood: Gender, Dynasty and Visual Culture in the Later Middle Ages - Manchester Medieval Studies
Elizabeth L'Estrange
Brings images of holy motherhood and childbearing into the centre of an art-historical enquiry. Focuses on miniatures of the birth of the Virgin and the mothers of the Holy Kinship in Books of Hours made for aristocratic women in relation to the dynastic importance of heirs and the material culture of childbearing. -- .
320 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 30, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780719087264 |
| Publishers | Manchester University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 138 × 216 × 17 mm · 428 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Rigby, Steve |