Medieval East Anglia

Author : Christopher Harper-Bill
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843831518
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval East Anglia written by Christopher Harper-Bill and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval East Anglia - one of the most significant and prosperous parts of England in the middle ages - examined through essays on its landscape, history, religion, literature, and culture. East Anglia was the most prosperous region of medieval England; far from being an isolated backwater, it had strong economic, religious and cultural connections with continental Europe, with Norwich for a time England's second city. The essays in this volume bring out the importance of the region during the middle ages. Spanning the late eleventh to the fifteenth century, they offer a broad coverage of East Anglia's history and culture; particular topics examined include its landscape, urban history, buildings, government and society, religion and rich culture. Contributors: Christopher Harper-Bill, Tom Williamson, Robert E. Liddiard, P. Maddern, Brian Ayers, Elisabeth Rutledge, Penny Dunn, Kate Parker, Carole Rawcliffe, James Campbell, Lucy Marten, Colin Richmond, T. M. Colk, Carole Hill, T.A. Heslop, A.E. Oliver, Theresa Coletti, Penny Granger, Sarah Salih

Author : Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher : Norwich, [England] : Centre of East Anglian Studies, University of East Anglia
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religious Women in Medieval East Anglia written by Roberta Gilchrist and published by Norwich, [England] : Centre of East Anglian Studies, University of East Anglia. This book was released on 1993 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Charles Douglas
Publisher : Octagon Press, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Structure of Medieval East Anglia written by David Charles Douglas and published by Octagon Press, Limited. This book was released on 1927 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Aleksander Pluskowski
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1783270365
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Anglia and Its North Sea World in the Middle Ages written by Aleksander Pluskowski and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relations between medieval East Anglia and countries across the North Sea examined from a variety of perspectives.

Author : Rebecca Pinner
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783270357
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cult of St Edmund in Medieval East Anglia written by Rebecca Pinner and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigaton of the growth and influence of the cult of St Edmund, and how it manifested itself in medieval material culture.

Author : Helen E. Lunnon
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 178327526X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Anglian Church Porches and Their Medieval Context written by Helen E. Lunnon and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major interdisciplnary study of medieval church porches, bringing out their importance and significance.

Author : Frederica C. E. Law-Turner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851243105
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ormesby Psalter written by Frederica C. E. Law-Turner and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ormesby Psalter is perhaps the most magnificent yet enigmatic of the great Gothic psalters produced in East Anglia in the first half of the fourteenth century. Its pages boast a wealth of decoration picked out in rich colours and burnished gold, and its margins are inhabited by a vibrant crew of beasts, birds and insects. Fantastic imagery proliferates: musicians, mermaids, lovers and warriors are juxtaposed with scenes from everyday life, from chivalric legend, and from folk-tales, fables and riddles. The psalter takes its name from Robert of Ormesby, subprior at Norwich Cathedral Priory in the 1330s. He was not the first owner, however, and it has long been acknowledged that the writing, decoration and binding of the book took place in a series of distinct phases from the late thirteenth to the mid-fourteenth century. The final result was the work of four or five scribes and up to seven illuminators and its pages show a panorama of stylistic development. Unravelling its complexities has sometimes been thought to hold the key to understanding the 'East Anglian School', a group of large, luxury manuscripts connected with Norwich Cathedral and Norfolk churches and patrons. This book casts an entirely new light on its history, not only clarifying and dating the successive phases of production, but associating the main work on the manuscript with the patronage of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, one of the greatest magnates of the time. It is extensively illustrated with full-page colour reproductions of the manuscript's main decorated folios, as well as many smaller initials and numerous comparative illustrations.

Author : Andrew Wareham
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843831556
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lords and Communities in Early Medieval East Anglia written by Andrew Wareham and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is an investigation of the changing power structures of the English aristocracy in medieval England. The author uses the organization of the aristocracy in East Anglia as a case study to explore the issue.

Author : Ken Farnhill
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781903153055
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guilds and the Parish Community in Late Medieval East Anglia, C. 1470-1550 written by Ken Farnhill and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2001 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social and religious functions of the fraternities are then compared with the parish, through a study of the records of two Norfolk market towns (Wymondham and Swaffham) and two Suffolk villages (Bardwell and Cratfield). The evidence illuminates the role of the guilds in the social and religious life of the local community, along with their position within the parish hierarchy. A final chapter studies the fortunes of the guilds during the early years of the Reformation, up to their dissolution in 1548"--Jacket.

Author : Michael Rimmer
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718843185
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Angel Roofs of East Anglia written by Michael Rimmer and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards 2016! It has been estimated that over 90% of England's figurative medieval art was obliterated in the image destruction of the Reformation. Medieval angel roofs, timber structures with spectacular and ornate carvings of angels, with a peculiar preponderance in East Anglia, were simply too difficult for Reformation iconoclasts to reach. Angel roof carvings comprise the largest surviving body of major English medieval wood sculpture. Though they areboth masterpieces of sculpture and engineering, angel roofs have been almost completely neglected by academics and art historians, because they are inaccessible, fixed and challenging to photograph. 'The Angel Roofs of East Anglia' is the first detailed historical and photographic study of the region's many medieval angel roofs. It shows the artistry and architecture of these inaccessible and little-studied medieval artworks in more detail and clarity than ever before, and explains how they were made, by whom, and why. Michael Rimmer redresses the scholarly neglect and brings the beauty, craftsmanship and history of these astonishing medieval creations to the reader. The book also offers a fascinating new answer to the question of why angel roofs are so overwhelmingly an East Anglian phenomenon, but relatively rare elsewhere in the country.