The Use and Abuse of Sacred Places in Late Medieval Towns /

Show other versions (1)

Church buildings dominated the medieval towns. Higher and stronger than most buildings in town, they offered a venue for various kinds of activities. Primarily the faithful flocked towards the churches to attend masses. However, the use of sacred places was not restricted to religion. Secular author...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (1970- ). Campus Kortrijk
Other Authors: Smet, Marjan de, Trio, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Heilige plaatsen.
Stadt
Heiligtum
Missbrauch
Sacred space.
Religious architecture.
Church buildings.
Church and state.
HISTORY > Medieval.
RELIGION > Reference.
Church and state > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Church buildings > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Religious architecture > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Sacred space > Europe > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Löwen <2003>
Europe.
Actes de congres.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Kongress > Löwen > 2003.
Congress
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Heavenly quiet and the din of war : use and abuse of religious buildings for purposes of safety, defence and strategy / Marjan De Smet
  • Weltliche Funktionen spätmittelalterlicher Pfarrkirchen in den nördlichen Niederlanden / Jan Kuys
  • Praise the Lord for this peace! : the contribution of religious institutions to the ceremonial peace-proclamations in late medieval Flanders (1450-1550) / Jacoba van Leeuwen
  • For eternal glory and remembrance : on the representation of patrons in late medieval panel paintings in the southern Low Countries / Brigitte Dekeyzer
  • The liturgical dimension of royal representation / Jenny Rahel Oesterle
  • Sakral oder Profan? : der Kommunikationsraum Kirche / Gabriela Signori
  • Secular uses of the mendicant priories of medieval London / Jens Röhrkasten
  • St Mary Graces : a Cistercian house in late medieval London / Emilia Jamroziak
  • Mayor-making and other ceremonies : shared uses of sacred space among the Kentish Cinque Ports / Sheila Sweetinburgh
  • The role of late medieval English monasteries as expressions of patronal authority : some case studies / Karen Stöber.

Similar Items