Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland: An Archaeology Collins Tracy
Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland: An Archaeology Collins Tracy This book is the first to explore the archaeology of female monasticism in medieval Ireland, primarily from the twelfth to the…
Specifikacia Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland: An Archaeology Collins Tracy
Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland: An Archaeology Collins Tracy
This book is the first to explore the archaeology of female monasticism in medieval Ireland, primarily from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. It discusses the archaeological remains associated with female monasticism in Ireland as it is currently understood and offers insights into how these religious communities might have lived and interacted with their local communities. Nuns are known from history, but this book considers their archaeology and upstanding architecture through perspectives such as gender and landscape.
While some nunneries used what is considered a typical monastic layout--of a church and other buildings arranged around a central area--this research has found that in many cases a nunnery was a small It briefly includes female religious of the early medieval period, other female religious, such as anchorites, while providing a wider European monastic context.
Life in Medieval Ireland