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 themes are 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.
Reviews
Here is a world once largely the property of antiquarians brought together once again, properly valued and appreciated, and reintegrated into our picture of medieval society. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW A substantial volume that encompasses nmuch pertinent data and casts some new light upon the manifold facets of visual display. HISTORY
Details
First Published: 29 Aug 2002
13 Digit ISBN: 9780851158501
Pages: 288
Size: 23.4 x 15.6
Binding: Hardback
Imprint: Boydell Press
Subject:
Medieval HistoryBIC Class: HBLC1
Details updated on 08 Feb 2012
Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Historian, Lineage and Heraldry, 1050-1250
- 3 Knighthood, Heraldry and Social Exclusion in Edwardian England
- 4 Edward III and the Symbol of the Leopard
- 5 Heraldry in Medieval England: Symbols of Politics and Propaganda
- 6 Dress and Social Status in England before the Sumptuary Laws
- 7 Medieval Founders' Relics: Royal and Episcopal Patronage at Oxford and Cambridge Colleges
- 8 Motivation and Choice: The Selection of Medieval Secular Effigies
- 9 Bold as Brass: Secular Display in English Medieval Brasses
- 10 The Knights of the Bath: Dubbing to Knighthood in Lancastrian and Yorkist England
- 11 Chivalry, Pageantry and Merchant Culture in Medieval London
- 12 Looking for the State in Later Medieval England
