The Matter of Piety - Zoutleeuw's Church of Saint Leonard and Religious Material Culture in the Low Countries (C. 1450-1620)

The Matter of Piety provides the first in-depth study of Zoutleeuw's exceptionally well-preserved pilgrimage church in a comparative perspective, and revises dominant narratives about Catholic culture and patronage in the Low Countries.

About the author

Ruben Suykerbuyk, Ph. D. (2018), Ghent University, is postdoctoral researcher at the same institution. He is the author of several works on fifteenth- to seventeenth-century religious art, material culture, and patronage in the Low Countries.

Product details

• Authors: Ruben Suykerbuyk
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.2020
• EAN: 9789004426306
• ISBN: 978-90-04-42630-6
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 251 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 1293 g
• Series: Studies in Netherlandish Art a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918