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Cross and Culture in Anglo-Norman England: Theology, Imagery, Devotion

Cross and Culture in Anglo-Norman England: Theology, Imagery, Devotion

Munns, John

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Series: Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures, Book 5

Art HistoryMedieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Art

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ISBN10: 1783276509
ISBN13: 9781783276509
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: Jul 16 2021
Pages: 352
Weight: 2.00
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.70 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
An examination of the passion and crucifixion of Christ as depicted in the visual and religious culture of Anglo-Norman England.

The twelfth century has long been recognised as a period of unusual vibrancy and importance, witnessing seminal changes in the inter-related spheres of theology, devotional practice, and iconography, especially with regard to the cross and the crucifixion of Christ. However, the visual arts of the period have been somewhat neglected, scholarly activity tending to concentrate on its textual and intellectual heritage.

This book explores this extraordinarily rich and vibrant visual and religious culture, offering new and exciting insights into its significance, and studying the dynamic relationships between ideas and images in England between 1066 and the first decades of the thirteenth century. In addition to providing the first extensive survey of surviving Passion imagery from the period, it explores those images' contexts: intellectual, cultural, religious, and art-historical. It thus not only enhances our understanding of the place of the cross in Anglo-Norman culture; it also demonstrates how new image theories and patterns of agency shaped the life of the later medieval church.

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