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Haude Morvan

Spaces for Friars and Nuns

Mendicant Choirs and Church Interiors
in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Parution : 20/07/2022 Collection de l’École française de Rome 578 Rome : École française de Rome, 2022
392 p., ill. n/b et couleur
ISBN : 978-2-7283-1533-8

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In the thirteenth century, mendicant orders introduced new ways of religious life that engaged the laity through preaching and conversion. Moreover, they founded new movements for religious women dedicated to prayer and contemplation, such as the Dominican nuns and the Poor Clares. In their churches, both friars and nuns were separated from the laity, either in choir precincts situated behind architectural screens, or in upper galleries raised above ground level. Before the widespread removal of these furnishings, therefore, medieval and early modern mendicant church interiors did not resemble the unified spaces we encounter today.
This volume presents a series of European case studies which use textual and material evidence to reconstruct and analyze the internal divisions of churches between the thirteenth and the sixteenth century. Thus, the authors provide a broad understanding of the variety, function, and meaning of the internal divisions that once conditioned the spiritual experience, function and meaning of sacred space for the laity as well as for the religious community.

Avec les contributions de Caroline Bruzelius, Małgorzata Krasnodębska-D’Aughton, Anne-Julie Lafaye, Amélie Roger, Haude Morvan, Donal Cooper, Michael G. Gromotka, Joanne Allen, Mercedes Pérez Vidal, Valeria Danesi, Giulia Rossi Vairo, Panayota Volti.

REVUE DE PRESSE

Robert Cerone, Sapienza Università di Roma, The Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies, 12, 2023, p. 223-225.

Sous la direction de

Haude Morvan

Ancienne membre de l’École française de Rome, Haude Morvan est maître de conférences en histoire de l’art médiéval à l’université Bordeaux Montaigne et rattachée à l’Institut Ausonius.