English medieval shrines / John Crook.

Author/creator Crook, John, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoWoodbridge, Suffolk ; New York : Boydell Press, 2011.
Descriptionxxiv, 342 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesBoydell studies in medieval art and architecture, 2045-4902
Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture. ^A1129861
Contents Relics, shrines, and pilgrimage -- Graves, shrines and crypts : the physical setting of saints' cults on the continent -- 'But lo! There breaks a yet more glorious day' : saints' cults in early Anglo-Saxon England -- English saints and the 'new Englishmen' : Anglo-Saxon shrines and relics after the Norman Conquest -- Into the twelfth century : from tomb to shrine -- 'Giving light to the whole house' : the new enthusiasm for saints' cults in the later twelfth century -- The legacy of Thomas Becket : the thirteenth century -- The final flowering : saints' cults in the later middle ages -- The fate of shrines at the Reformation -- Epilogue: English shrines today.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-326) and index.
LCCN 2012374907
ISBN9781843836827
ISBN1843836823

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Joyner General Stacks BX2320.5.G7 C76 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold