Spaces for friars and nuns
Mendicant choirs and church interiors in medieval and early modern Europe
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 remo...
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- Éditeur : Publications de l’École française de Rome
- Collection : Collection de l'École française de Rome | 600
- Lieu d’édition : Rome
- Année d’édition : 2022
- Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 20 juillet 2022
- EAN (Édition imprimée) : 9782728315338
- EAN électronique : 9782728315345
- DOI : 10.4000/books.efr.21290
- Nombre de pages : 392 p.
From early modern erudition to contemporary archaeology: methods and sources
Les Dominicains d’Annecy
La place du chœur dans les travaux des érudits dominicains de l’époque moderne
Mendicant communities in a regional context: central Italy
Plurality and choice in the medieval Franciscan church interior
The case of S. Pietro in Perugia
The case of late sixteenth-century Florence
Women’s choirs: Dominican nuns and Poor Clares
Tipologie e funzioni dei cori nei monasteri delle domenicane dal XIII al XVI secolo, con particolare riferimento alla Castiglia
Luogo della memoria di santa Chiara. Un caso di sperimentazione architettonica damianita
La sepoltura di Isabel d’Aragona, regina consorte del Portogallo, nel monastero di Santa Clara e Santa Isabel di Coimbra
Configuration architecturale, fonctionnement, impact spatial
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.
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