Performing Piety: Musical Culture in Medieval English Nunneries (The New Middle Ages)
Honorable Mention for the SMFS First Book Prize! What did nuns sing? How did they learn about music? How did the music affect their piety? This book answers these and many other questions about the musical life in English nunneries in the later Middle Ages. Drawing upon a wide range of historical sources, Yardley pieces together a mosaic of nunnery musical life. Formal mon...more
Hardcover, 344 pages
Published
May 13th 2006
by Palgrave Macmillan
There is a good chance some of your friends read this book. Sign in to see!
sign in »
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is currently not featured on any Listopia lists.
Add this book to your favorite list »
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »

Loading...



