Dr Elizabeth L'Estrange is a lecturer in the History of Art whose work delves into the art and culture of the late medieval and early modern periods. Her expertise encompasses illuminated manuscripts, the art of the French and Burgundian courts, and the intricate relationship between text and image. She also investigates women as subjects and consumers within visual cultures. Her scholarship illuminates the complex interplay of art, society, and gender across pivotal eras of European history.
Brings images of holy motherhood and childbearing into the centre of an art- historical enquiry. Focuses on miniatures of the birth of the Virgin and the mothers of the Holy Kinship in Books of Hours made for aristocratic women in relation to the dynastic importance of heirs and the material culture of childbearing. -- .