Women's Devotional Bequests of Textiles in the Late Medieval English Parish Church,c. 1350–1550 |
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Authors: | Nicola A Lowe |
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Institution: | London University |
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Abstract: | This article examines evidence of self‐determination and independent action in the practice, among a significant group of late medieval English women, of donating their own clothing and household linens to parish churches for use in sacred ritual.The argument is presented that clothworking in a domestic environment was a highly valorised activity closely connected with women, for which the spindle and distaff acted as an index, and that against this background women used textiles as a site for expressing their personal, social and religious concerns. |
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