'Remarkable women': Female patronage of religious institutions, 1300-1550
‘Remarkable women’: Female patronage of religious institutions, 1300-1550 Papers from an online conference held by The Courtauld Institute of Art on January 29, 2021 Overview: This conference seeks to explore the ways in which women patronised and interacted with monasteries and religious houses during the late Middle Ages, how they commissioned devotional and commemorative art for monastic settings, and the ways in which these donations were received and understood by their intended audiences. The artistic donations of lay patrons to religious institutions has become a fruitful area of s...
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