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Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England

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Artefacts
Authority
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Ceremony
Coins
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Family
Jewels
Lineage
Manuscripts
Medieval Culture
Monumental Effigies
Plate
Power
Rolls of Arms
Seals
Social Bonding
Social Display
Social Distinction
Stained Glass

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  • ISBN 9781843830368
  • Weight: 445g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Oct 2003
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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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. Contributors: MAURICE KEEN, DAVID CROUCH, PETER COSS, CAROLINE SHENTON, ADRIAN AILES, FRÉDÉRIQUE LACHAUD, MARIAN CAMPBELL, BRIAN and MOIRA GITTOS, NIGEL SAUL, FIONN PILBROW, CAROLINE BARRON and JOHN WATTS.
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Caroline M. Barron is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway, University of London. CAROLINE SHENTON was formerly Director of the Parliamentary Archives, UK. David Crouch is a fellow of the British Academy and author of a number of editions of medieval documents, most recently The Acts and Letters of the Marshal Family (2015) for the Camden Society. He has written extensively on medieval politics and society, and was also editor of Volume 10 (Howden and Howdenshire) of the Victoria History of Yorkshire East Riding. NIGEL SAUL is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London