Stone fidelity: marriage and emotion in Medieval tomb sculpture

Medieval tombs often depict husband and wife lying side-by-side, and hand in hand, immortalised in elegantly carved stone: what Phiilip Larkin's poem "An Arundel Tomb" later described as their "stone fidelity". This first full account of the "double tomb" places it...

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1. Verfasser: Barker, Jessica ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Woodbridge The Boydell Press 2022
Ausgabe:paperback edition
Schriftenreihe:Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture
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Zusammenfassung:Medieval tombs often depict husband and wife lying side-by-side, and hand in hand, immortalised in elegantly carved stone: what Phiilip Larkin's poem "An Arundel Tomb" later described as their "stone fidelity". This first full account of the "double tomb" places its rich tradition into dialogue with powerful discourses of gender, marriage, politics and emotion during the Middle Ages. As well as offering new interpretations of some of the most famous medieval tombs, such as those found in Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral, it draws attention to a host of lesser-known memorials from throughout Europe, providing an innovative vantage point from which to reconsider the material culture of medieval marriage. Setting these twin effigies alongside wedding rings and dresses as the agents of matrimonial ritual and embodied symbolism, the author presents the "double tomb" as far more than mere romantic sentiment. Rather, it reveals the careful artifice beneath their seductive emotional surfaces: the artistic, religious, political and legal agendas underlying the medieval rhetoric of married love
Beschreibung:xiv, 340 Seiten Illustrationen, genealogische Tafel, Karte, Pläne
ISBN:9781783276943
9781783272716
1783272716

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