Church monuments in South Wales, c.1200-1547 / Rhianydd Biebrach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biebrach, Rhianydd, author.

Series:

Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture 2045-4902

Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture, 2045-4902

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sepulchral monuments, Medieval--Wales, South.

Sepulchral monuments, Medieval.

History.

Wales, South--History.

Wales, South.

Wales--History--1063-1536.

Wales.

South Wales.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 211 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2017.

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. An Overview of Welsh Monuments

2. Patrons and Subjects: The Social Status of those Commissioning and Commemorated by Monuments in South Wales

3. Materials, Production and Supply

4. Spirituality and the Desire for Salvation

5. Secular Concerns

6. Afterlife.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index.

ISBN:

9781783272648

1783272643

OCLC:

985078037