Art And Architecture Of Late Medieval Pilgrimage In Northern Europe And The British Isles Texts (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)

This collection includes essays on the visual experience and material culture at medieval pilgrimage shrines of northern Europe and the British Isles, particularly the art and architecture created to intensify spiritual experience for visitors. These studies focus on regional pilgrimage centers which flourished from the 12th-16th centuries, addressing various aspects of visual imagery and architectural space which inspired devotees to value cults of enshrined saints and to venerate them in memory from afar. Subjects include pilgrim dress, jeweled and painted reliquaries, labyrinths, elaborate processions, printed texts of the saint's life, shrines, sculpture and other architectural decoration, and pilgrim souvenirs. Profusely illustrated with 350 photographs, this work will interest scholars and students of art history, history, religious studies, and popular culture. Contributors Ilana Abend-David, Virginia Blanton, Sarah Blick, Katja Boertjes, James Bugslag, Lisa Victoria Ciresi, Daniel K. Connolly, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Laura D. Gelfand, Anja Grebe, Anne F. Harris, Kelly M. Holbert, Vida J. Hull, Jos Koldeweij, Marike de Kroon, Claire Labrecque, Stephen Lamia, Nora Laos, Jennifer M. Lee, Albert Lemeunier, Mitchell B. Merback, Scott B. Montgomery, Jeanne Nuechterlein, Rita Tekippe, William J. Travis, Kristen Van Ausdall, Benot Van den Bossche. All volumes of the print edition will become available in individual 9789047430070 (volume 1) - 9789047430087 (volume 2).

This collection includes essays on the visual experience and material culture at medieval pilgrimage shrines of northern Europe and the British Isles, particularly the art and architecture created to intensify spiritual experience for visitors. These studies focus on regional pilgrimage centers which flourished from the 12th-16th centuries, addressing various aspects of visual imagery and architectural space which inspired devotees to value cults of enshrined saints and to venerate them in memory from afar. Subjects include pilgrim dress, jeweled and painted reliquaries, labyrinths, elaborate processions, printed texts of the saint's life, shrines, sculpture and other architectural decoration, and pilgrim souvenirs. Profusely illustrated with 350 photographs, this work will interest scholars and students of art history, history, religious studies, and popular culture.

Contributors include: Ilana Abend-David, Virginia Blanton, Sarah Blick, Katja Boertjes, James Bugslag, Lisa Victoria Ciresi, Daniel K. Connolly, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Laura D. Gelfand, Anja Grebe, Anne F. Harris, Kelly M. Holbert, Vida J. Hull, Jos Koldeweij, Marike de Kroon, Claire Labrecque, Stephen Lamia, Nora Laos, Jennifer M. Lee, Albert Lemeunier, Mitchell B. Merback, Scott B. Montgomery, Jeanne Nuechterlein, Rita Tekippe, William J. Travis, Kristen Van Ausdall, Benoît Van den Bossche.

The 27 essays of this ambitious volume cover a number of places, shrines, saint's cults, and sacred architecture, yet they maintain a coherent focus through the central theme of pilgrimage. The papers are grouped into 7 sections, on topics that include the pilgrim's real and imagined journey, iconography, the symbol of Jerusalem, souvenirs, politics, and cult practice. Among the saints and sites considered are Thomas Becket, the shrines to Charlemagne and Mary in Aachen, host-miracle churches in Germany, St. AEthelthryth's cult in 13th-century England, the Chartreuse de Champmol, the church of Neuvy-Saint-Sepulchre, Canterbury Cathedral, and reliquaries of the True Cross. Volume Two contains 348 photos and illustrations in good quality b&w plates. Blick (art history, Kenyon College, US) and Tekippe (art history, State U. of West Georgia, Carrollton) began gathering scholars to contribute to this collection while hosting a series of sessions at the International Congress of Medieval Studies at Annotation This collection includes essays on the visual experience and material culture at medieval pilgrimage shrines of northern Europe and the British Isles, particularly the art and architecture created to intensify spiritual experience for visitors. These studies focus on regional pilgrimage centers which flourished from the 12th-16th centuries, addressing various aspects of visual imagery and architectural space which inspired devotees to value cults of enshrined saints and to venerate them in memory from afar. Subjects include pilgrim dress, jeweled and painted reliquaries, labyrinths, elaborate processions, printed texts of the saint's life, shrines, sculpture and other architectural decoration, and pilgrim souvenirs. Profusely illustrated with 350 photographs, this work will interest scholars and students of art history, history, religious studies, and popular culture These essays explore the visual experience and material culture associated with medieval pilgrimage shrines of northern Europe and Britain, particularly the art and architecture created to intensify spiritual experience for pilgrims and provide lingering stimuli for remembrance from afar. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Annotation: 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)