"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:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Woodbridge The Boydell Press 2017
Series:	Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture
Subjects:	Geschichte 500-1500 Grabmal Wales > Süd Sepulchral monuments, Medieval / Wales, South Wales, South / History Wales / History / 1063-1536
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
Physical Description:	viii, 211 Seiten, 4 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, 1 Karte 25 cm
ISBN:	9781783272648 1783272643