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> Subject: Re: lime pits and nuns
> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 3:06 AM
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> is there any evidence for lime pits in convents?
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> I
> rather doubt whether there were many essential differences between
> houses of monks and nuns, but in general, nunneries were less well
> financed and may have had to make do with less elaborate
> arrangements.
>
I believe that Roberta Gilchrist has shown that there may have been
substantial differences in structure and lay-out between male and female
houses. Female houses being more closely linked to styles of architecture
used by the gentry.
Have you tried looking at her work, Gender and Material Culture? Just a
suggestion.
Sincerely,
June Mecham
University of Kansas
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