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English medieval misericords : the margins of meaning /

Misericord carvings present a fascinating corpus of medieval art which, in turn, complements our knowledge of life and belief in the late middle ages. Subjects range from the sacred to the profane and from the fantastic to the everyday, seemingly giving equal weight to the scatological and the spiri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hardwick, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2011.
Colección:Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: What lies beneath
  • A fair field of folk
  • Doctrine and debate
  • Influence and invention
  • Masculinity and power
  • Exemplary animals
  • The monsters at the margins
  • Conclusion: looking both ways.