Of Armor and Men in Medieval England - The Chivalric Rhetoric of Three English Knight''s Effigies

Zusatztext 'Dressler deserves credit for addressing previously understudied issues concerning how effigial monuments were designed to influence the fate of the deceased in Purgatory and Heaven...' Church Monuments '... contains a great deal of historical research! it is lively and widely read...' Art History Informationen zum Autor Rachel Ann Dressler Zusammenfassung Analyses these tomb figures' construction, and locates knights' effigies within particular religious and social contexts, rather than treating them in isolation from their historical environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Overview of the English military effigy; The men behind the stones; The knight's resurrected body; The knight's social body; The knight's gendered body; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Professor Rachel Ann Dressler, Rachel Dressler, Rachel Ann Dressler, Rachelann Dressler, Rachel Ann essler
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2004
• EAN: 9780754633686
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-3368-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; ART / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Non-graphic art forms, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, Non-graphic and electronic art forms