Heraldy, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England
Peter Coss, Maurice Keen
Interdisziplinärer Ansatz zum Verständnis des Ausdrucks von Macht,
Stand und sozialem Rang.
Discussion of display through a range of artefacts and in a variety
of contexts: family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration,
ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and
authority.
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 and do so in a
waywhich avoids jargon and overly technical language. Among the
themes are family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration,
ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and
authority. The media include monumental effigies, brasses, stained
glass, rolls of arms, manuscripts, jewels, plate, seals and
coins.
Format 15,6 x 23,4 cm, Paperback, 296 Seiten, engl. Text, 12
Farbtafeln, 49 s/w Zeichnungen
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