Death, Art, and Memory in Medieval England: The Cobham Family and Their Monuments, 1300-1500

ISBN-13: 9780198207467 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 304 str.

Nigel Saul

Opis

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.

Recenzje

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.