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The Use and Abuse of Sacred Places in Late Medieval Towns / edited by Paul Trio and Marjan De Smet.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ; series 1, studia 38.
- Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ; series 1, studia 38
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church and state--Europe--History--To 1500--Congresses.
- Church and state.
- Church buildings--Europe--History--To 1500--Congresses.
- Church buildings.
- Religious architecture--Europe--History--To 1500--Congresses.
- Religious architecture.
- Sacred space--Europe--History--To 1500--Congresses.
- Sacred space.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Church buildings dominated the medieval towns. Higher and stronger than most buildings in town, they offered a venue for various kinds of activities. Primarily the faithful flocked towards the churches to attend masses. However, the use of sacred places was not restricted to religion. Secular authorities, the ruler, the town government, the trades or guilds also made use of these ecclesiastical buildings for practical or socio-political reasons. As such the sacred places were perceived to lend a kind of sacral aura to all proceedings taking place inside. Apart from a mere enumeration and descr
- Contents:
- Heavenly quiet and the din of war: use and abuse of religious buildings for purposes of safety, defence and strategy / Marjan De Smet
- Weltliche Funktionen spätmittelalterlicher Pfarrkirchen in den nördlichen Niederlanden / Jan Kuys
- Praise the Lord for this peace!: the contribution of religious institutions to the ceremonial peace-proclamations in late medieval Flanders (1450-1550) / Jacoba van Leeuwen
- For eternal glory and remembrance: on the representation of patrons in late medieval panel paintings in the southern low countries / Brigitte Dekeyzer
- The liturgical dimension of royal representation / Jenny Rahel Oesterle
- Sakral oder Profan?: Der Kommunkiationsraum Kirche / Gabriela Signori
- Secular uses of the mendicant priories of medieval London / Jens Röhrkasten
- St Mary Graces: a Cistercian house in late medieval London / Emilia Jamroziak
- Mayor-making and other ceremonies: shared uses of sacred space among the Kentish Cinque Ports / Sheila Sweetinburgh
- The role of late medieval English monasteries as expressions of patronal authority: some case studies / Karen Stöber.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 94-6166-115-0
- OCLC:
- 873808656
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