medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> for those interested in gendered space, you might
> also look at Roberta Gilchrist, Gender and Material Culture: the Archaeology of Religious Women
> (London: Routledge, 1994)
This book offers a detailed "iconography" of north-south directions, based on the
author's finding that something like 35% of cloisters in English monasteries for
women were on the north side of the church, as opposed to the "old chestnut" that
most cloisters in men's houses were on the south side. In fact, the percentage of
cloisters on the north in English monasteries for men (at least among Benedictine
houses) was virtually the same. Her conclusions should thus be used with some
caution.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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