Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0851158501 ISBN 13 : 9780851158501

Editeur : The Boydell Press, 2002

Synopsis

Discussion of display through a range of artefacts and in a variety of contexts: family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and authority. Medieval culture was intensely visual. Although this has long been recognised by art historians and by enthusiasts for particular media, there has been little attempt to study social display as a subject in its own right. And yet,display takes us directly into the values, aspirations and, indeed, anxieties of past societies. In this illustrated volume a group of experts address a series of interrelated themes around the issue of display. Among the themesare family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and authority. The objects studied include monumental effigies, brasses, stained glass, rolls of arms, manuscripts, jewels, plate, seals and coins. PETER COSS is Professor of Medieval History, Cardiff University. MAURICE KEEN is Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. Contributors: MAURICE KEEN, DAVID CROUCH, PETER COSS, CAROLINE SHENTON, ADRIAN AILES, FRÉDÉRIQUE LACHAUD, MARIAN CAMPBELL, BRIAN AND MOIRA GITTOS, NIGEL SAUL, FIONN PILBROW, CAROLINE BARRON, JOHN WATTS.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Caroline M. Barron is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway, University of London.

CAROLINE SHENTON was formerly Director of the Parliamentary Archives, UK.

David Crouch is a fellow of the British Academy and author of a number of editions of medieval documents, most recently The Acts and Letters of the Marshal Family (2015) for the Camden Society. He has written extensively on medieval politics and society, and was also editor of Volume 10 (Howden and Howdenshire) of the Victoria History of Yorkshire East Riding.

NIGEL SAUL is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Boydell Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0851158501
• ISBN 13: 9780851158501
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Éditeur: Coss Peter, Keen Maurice H
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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