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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xi, 390pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in gray cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In Dark Age Bodies Lynda L. Coon reconstructs the gender ideology of monastic masculinity through an investigation of early medieval readings of the body. Focusing on the Carolingian era, Coon evaluates the ritual and liturgical performances of monastic bodies within the imaginative landscapes of same-sex ascetic communities in northern Europe. She demonstrates how the priestly body plays a significant role in shaping major aspects of Carolingian history, such as the revival of classicism, movements for clerical reform, and church-state relations. In the political realm, Carolingian churchmen consistently exploited monastic constructions of gender to assert the power…
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Dark Age Bodies: Gender and Monastic Practice in the Early Medieval West Hardcover - 2010
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- Title Dark Age Bodies: Gender and Monastic Practice in the Early Medieval West
- Author Lynda L. Coon
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press, PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Date 2010-12-07
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780812242690 / 0812242696
- Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.5 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 3.81 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Religious Orientation: Catholic
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Sex & Gender: Masculine
- Library of Congress subjects Benedict, Monastic and religious life - History -
- Dewey Decimal Code 271
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