Royal Tombs of Medieval England - Couverture souple

Duffy, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 075242579X ISBN 13 : 9780752425795

Editeur : The History Press, 2011

Synopsis

This comprehensive and detailed survey of English royal tombs from 1066-1509, including junior royals as well as kings and queens, is combined with accounts of burial practice, tomb design, craftsmen, and construction.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A beautifully illustrated history of the fascinating word of ritual, design and meaning behind medieval royal burials. To the medieval mind the manner of burial and intombment was a central part of the fate of the soul. Each burial and tomb has its own story, shrouded in ritual and mysticism, such as the practice of heart burial, most famously that of the murdered king, Edward II, whose heart was interred in a silver casket beside his wife's body thirty years later. This book is a comprehensively guide from the origins of such a royal rituals to the Dissolution of the Monasteries when many of the tombs were stripped or destroyed - a 'metaphor for the mortality of the great'. Ultimately Mark Duffy asks and answers the question: what do medieval tombs show the status and thoughts of the people buried in them. He brings to the life the passion and individuality behind medieval death rites for a modern-day audience.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mark Duffy studied History at Cambridge and Art History at the Courtauld Institute.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The History Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 075242579X
• ISBN 13: 9780752425795
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
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• Personne responsable: non disponible