Church monuments in South Wales, c.1200-1547

"South Wales is an area blessed with an eclectic, but largely unknown, monumental heritage, ranging from plain cross slabs to richly carved effigial monuments on canopied tomb-chests. As a group, these monuments closely reflect the turbulent history of the southern march of Wales, its close lin...

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Main Author: Biebrach, Rhianydd ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Woodbridge The Boydell Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Wales (Süd) / Tomb / History 1200-1547
Further subjects:B Sepulchral monuments, Renaissance (Wales, South)
B Wales History 1063-1536
B Wales, South
B Wales
B Sepulchral monuments, Medieval
B Wales, South History
B Sepulchral monuments, Medieval (Wales, South)
B Bibliography
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Summary:"South Wales is an area blessed with an eclectic, but largely unknown, monumental heritage, ranging from plain cross slabs to richly carved effigial monuments on canopied tomb-chests. As a group, these monuments closely reflect the turbulent history of the southern march of Wales, its close links to the West Country and its differences from the 'native Wales' of the north-west. As individuals, they offer fascinating insights into the spiritual and secular concerns of the area's culturally diverse elites. 'Church Monuments in South Wales' is the first full-scale study of the medieval funerary monuments of this region offering a much-needed Celtic contribution to the growing corpus of literature on the monumental culture of late-medieval Europe, which for the British Isles has been hitherto dominated by English studies. It focuses on the social groups who commissioned and were commemorated by funerary monuments and how this distinctive memorial culture reflected their shifting fortunes, tastes and pre-occupations at a time of great social change."--Cover page 4
"South Wales is an area blessed with an eclectic, but largely unknown, monumental heritage, ranging from plain cross slabs to richly carved effigial monuments on canopied tomb-chests. As a group, these monuments closely reflect the turbulent history of the southern march of Wales, its close links to the West Country and its differences from the 'native Wales' of the north-west. As individuals, they offer fascinating insights into the spiritual and secular concerns of the area's culturally diverse elites. 'Church Monuments in South Wales' is the first full-scale study of the medieval funerary monuments of this region offering a much-needed Celtic contribution to the growing corpus of literature on the monumental culture of late-medieval Europe, which for the British Isles has been hitherto dominated by English studies. It focuses on the social groups who commissioned and were commemorated by funerary monuments and how this distinctive memorial culture reflected their shifting fortunes, tastes and pre-occupations at a time of great social change."--Cover page 4
ISBN:1783272643