Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval EnglandPeter R. Coss, Maurice Keen 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. |
Contents
The Historian Lineage and Heraldry 10501250 | 17 |
Knighthood Heraldry and Social Exclusion in Edwardian England | 39 |
Edward III and the Symbol of the Leopard | 69 |
Symbols of Politics and Propaganda | 83 |
Dress and Social Status in England before the Sumptuary Laws | 105 |
Royal and Episcopal Patronage at Oxford | 125 |
The Selection of Medieval Secular Effigies | 143 |
Secular Display in English Medieval Brasses | 169 |
Dubbing to Knighthood in Lancastrian | 195 |
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Heraldry, Pageantry, and Social Display in Medieval England Peter Cross,Maurice Hugh Keen No preview available - 2002 |