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Tota Pulchra: Gender, Race, and the Politics of Purity in the Puridad Altarpiece (c.1500)

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Dates

This is a past event
Time
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Institute

Institute of Historical Research

Event type

Seminar

Event series

London Society for Medieval Studies

Speakers

Aoife Stables (UCL)

Contact

Email only

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The paper examines an altarpiece dedicated to the Immaculate Conception commissioned by the nuns of the Puridad Convent in Valencia, in particular situating the act of patronage within the context of contemporary debates around women’s agency and racialised policies of exclusion.


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