Publisher's Synopsis
Women's collegiate churches of the Middle Ages had a specific sacred topography, since the separation of women from male clergy and the parish had to be guaranteed. A structural feature is the gallery for the women's choir. However, not every women's convent church had a gallery and only in isolated cases has it been documented since the time of its founding. This volume, which presents the contributions to the first conference of the Forum für Frauenstiftsforschung, examines the specific characteristics of medieval architecture for women from an art historical perspective and against the background of historical and liturgical studies of recent years. With contributions from: Hedwig Röckelein, Julia von Ditfurth, Adam Stead, Maria Magdalena Rückert, Klaus Gereon Beuckers and Esther-Luisa Schuster.
