English church monuments in the Middle Ages
Subtitle: history and representation
By: Nigel Saul.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780199215980
Subjects: Sepulchral monuments, Medieval -- England; Art and society -- England -- History -- To 1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Sources for illustrations; title: Abbreviated references; title: 1. Antiquaries and historians : the study of monuments; title: 2. Commemoration in early medieval England; title: 3. The market : fashion, geography, and clientele; title: 4. The production of monuments; title: 5. Choosing a monument; title: 6. Function and meaning; title: 7. Composition and design; title: 8. The monuments of Ecclesiastics; title: 9. Military effigies; title: 10. The monuments of civilians; title: 11. The monuments of lawyers; title: 12. The monuments of women; title: 13. The cult of the macabre; title: 14. Inscriptions; title: 15. Prospect and retrospect; title: Appendix. A list of sculpted effigial monuments of civilians in England; title: Bibliography; title: Index.