Medievalists.net » Bremen http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Skirts and Politics: The Cistercian Monastery of Harvestehude and the Hamburg City Council http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/14/skirts-politics-cistercian-monastery-harvestehude-hamburg-city-council/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/14/skirts-politics-cistercian-monastery-harvestehude-hamburg-city-council/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:30:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54126 In 1482, Catharina Arndes lifted up her skirts in front of the archbishop’s chaplain. She was a respectable townswoman from Hamburg, and her action was carried out in defense of the Cistercian monastery of Harvestehude which was close to the city and where several of Catharina’s nieces lived as nuns.

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