English Church Monuments in the Middle Ages - History and Representation

Zusatztext A remarkable achievement...up to date! valuable and stimulating Klappentext The first comprehensive survey of English medieval church monuments for nearly a century, English Church Monuments examines all types of monument-cross slabs, brasses, incised slabs, sculpted effigies-analysing them in an historical context to show what they reveal of the self image and religious aspirations of those they commemorate. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive survey of English medieval church monuments for nearly a century, English Church Monuments examines all types of monument-cross slabs, brasses, incised slabs, sculpted effigies-analysing them in an historical context to show what they reveal of the self image and religious aspirations of those they commemorate.

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• Authors: Nigel Saul, Nigel (Professor of Medieval History Saul, Saul Nigel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2011
• EAN: 9780199606139
• ISBN: 978-0-19-960613-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; England, Geschichte der Architektur, Geschichte der Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / History, HISTORY / Medieval, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History - General History, ART / European, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Religious buildings, Memorials, monuments, Architecture: religious buildings, Medieval style, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, ART / History / European / Medieval