On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, garyjune wrote:
> > 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
For those interested in this topic (Female monastic architecutre and its
difference from male monastic architecture), one should really look at a
volume of *Gesta* (1992) devoted entirely to female monastic architecture,
particularly Caroline Bruzelius' article, and that of Jeffrey Hamburger
(recently reprinted in his new books *Visions and the Visionary*). The
volume also contains an article discussing the different standards of
wealth and living, whose author I can't just now remember. Its a
fascinating topic.
cecilia gaposchkin, ucb history
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