Description: Clothing the Clergy: Virtue and Power in Medieval Europe, c. 800�1200 [Paperback] Miller, Maureen C. Product Overview After initial ambivalence about distinctive garb for its ministers, early Christianity developed both liturgical garments and visible markers of clerical status outside church. From the ninth century, moreover, new converts to the faith beyond the Alps developed a highly ornate style of liturgical attire; church vestments were made of precious silks and decorated with embroidered and woven ornament, often incorporating gold and jewels. Making use of surviving medieval textiles and garments; mosaics, frescoes, and manuscript illuminations; canon law; liturgical sources; literary works; hagiography; theological tracts; chronicles, letters, inventories of ecclesiastical treasuries, and wills, Maureen C. Miller in Clothing the Clergy traces the ways in which clerical garb changed over the Middle Ages. Miller's in-depth study of the material culture of church vestments not only goes into detail about craft, artistry, and textiles but also contributes in groundbreaking ways to our understanding of the religious, social, and political meanings of clothing, past and present. As a language of power, clerical clothing was used extensively by eleventh-century reformers to mark hierarchies, to cultivate female patrons, and to make radical new claims for the status of the clergy. The medieval clerical culture of clothing had enduring significance: its cultivation continued within Catholicism and even some Protestant denominations and it influenced the visual communication of respectability and power in the modern Western world. Clothing the Clergy features seventy-nine illustrations, including forty color photographs that put the rich variety of church vestments on display. Read more Details Publisher : Cornell University Press; Illustrated edition (May 15, 2014) Language : English Paperback : 304 pages ISBN-10 : 0801479436 ISBN-13 : 34 Reading age : 18 years and up Item Weight : 2.04 pounds Dimensions : 7.25 x 0.75 x 10.25 inches Best Sellers Rank: #2,698,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,790 in Fashion History #2,008 in Christian Church Administration (Books) #5,002 in Fashion Design #1,790 in Fashion History We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 0801479436
ISBN10: 0801479436
ISBN13: 9780801479434
EAN: 9780801479434
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Brand: Cornell University Press
GTIN: 09780801479434
Book Title: Clothing the Clergy : Virtue and Power in Medieval Europe, C. 800-1200
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Christian Church / History, General, History / Medieval, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Social Theory, Clergy, Europe / Medieval
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art, Religion, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 48.1 Oz
Author: Maureen C. Miller
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
