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Zusatztext An accomplished and carefully considered reflection on the historicizing possibilities of 'visual culture' which will interest all those preoccupied by the culture of death and its attendant institutions, notably chantry foundations. Klappentext This book illuminates the world of medieval gentry families through examination of the magnificent brasses and monuments of the Cobham family. Nigel Saul's compelling study provides a window onto the social and religious culture of the middle ages and offers a new paradigm for the study of medieval church monuments. Zusammenfassung In this compelling book Nigel Saul opens up the world of medieval gentry families, using the magnificent brasses and monuments of the Cobham family as a window on to the social and religious culture of the middle ages. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: Problem and Method 2: The Cobhams: The Family and their Experience 3: Cobham Church and College 4: The Market for Brasses 5: The Brasses at Cobham 6: The Cobhams of Sterborough 7: The Brasses and Monuments at Lingfield 8: Brasses Elsewhere to the Cobhams 9: Conclusion: Lineage and Commemoration Appendix; Genealogies; Bibliography; Index
