Reflections on gender and status distinctions: an analysis of the Liturgical Textiles Record in mid-sixteenth-century London
Reflections on gender and status distinctions: an analysis of the Liturgical Textiles Record in mid-sixteenth-century London
This paper considers the relative significance of social standing and gender in parish life within early modern London, and how this was expressed via their liturgical textiles up to 1552. The data are drawn from the 1552 parish inventories that recorded these textiles and the other appurtenances of worship. Vestments worn for communion, robes for boy choristers and the range of textiles associated with birth, christening, churching, marriage and death are evaluated to see how far they reveal distinctions between men and women, adults and children, rich and poor, laity and clergy. A range of differences can be seen, as can the way in which social and gender considerations interlink.
gender, status, liturgical textiles, sixteenth century london
403-425
Hayward, Maria
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2002
Hayward, Maria
4be652e4-dcc0-4b5b-bf0b-0f845fce11c1
Hayward, Maria
(2002)
Reflections on gender and status distinctions: an analysis of the Liturgical Textiles Record in mid-sixteenth-century London.
Gender & History, 14 (3), .
(doi:10.1111/1468-0424.00275).
Abstract
This paper considers the relative significance of social standing and gender in parish life within early modern London, and how this was expressed via their liturgical textiles up to 1552. The data are drawn from the 1552 parish inventories that recorded these textiles and the other appurtenances of worship. Vestments worn for communion, robes for boy choristers and the range of textiles associated with birth, christening, churching, marriage and death are evaluated to see how far they reveal distinctions between men and women, adults and children, rich and poor, laity and clergy. A range of differences can be seen, as can the way in which social and gender considerations interlink.
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Published date: 2002
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Section 1. Dress, textiles and social transitions in pre–industrial Europe
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gender, status, liturgical textiles, sixteenth century london
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Winchester School of Art
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/16326
ISSN: 0953-5233
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