The Middle Ages in 50 objects /

"Complex and varied, vibrant and intense, medieval objects demand to be examined closely, to be thought about deeply, to be approached kinesthetically. Extraordinary in the multiplicity of meanings that it harbors and engenders, the material culture of the Middle Ages offers its beholders a ric...

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Main Authors: Gertsman, Elina
Group Author: Rosenwein, Barbara H
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Summary: "Complex and varied, vibrant and intense, medieval objects demand to be examined closely, to be thought about deeply, to be approached kinesthetically. Extraordinary in the multiplicity of meanings that it harbors and engenders, the material culture of the Middle Ages offers its beholders a rich experience of looking, often multisensory, always rewarding. It offers, too, a glimpse of an equally rich society, or rather the many societies that were in constant flux and in intermittent conversations (and, at times, screaming matches) with one another. And yet, each object has its own history. S
Carrier Form: xvii, 233 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-221) and index.
ISBN: 9781107150386 (hardback) :
1107150388 (hardback)
9781316577189 (PDF ebook)
131657718X (PDF ebook)
Index Number: CB351
CLC: K13
K103
Call Number: K103/G384
Contents: The holy and the faithful -- The sinful and the spectral -- Daily life and its fictions -- Death and its aftermath.