Overview
Reads like a medieval detective story. A splendid book...should be treated as a companion volume to The Stripping of the Altars. JULIAN LITTEN, CHURCH TIMES In the late medieval churches of the former deanery of Dunwich there are many features which were provided by testamentary gifts; this study of three thousand wills from fifty-two Suffolk parishes, written between 1370 and 1547, records such material and spiritual bequests. Many purchased prayer (the prayers of the poor being particularly sought), vital for the swift passage of the soul through Purgatory; other testators left instructions for the acquisition of liturgical books, church plate and embroidered vestments. Gifts and outright donations also provided stained glass, seven-sacrament fonts and rood-screens which have survived. The wills give no hint of the destruction that was to come - a medieval chancel with vacant niches and whitewashed walls says more than the wills are prepared to tell - but the pennies and shillings which had helped towards building expenses in this coastal district of East Anglia produced at least two of the finest parish churches in the country within a few decades of the Reformation. JUDITH MIDDLETON-STEWART is a tutor for the Board of Continuing Education for the universities of Cambridge and East Anglia.
Full Product Details
Author: Judith Middleton-Stewart
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Edition: Revised ed.
Volume: v. 17
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.678kg
ISBN: 9780851158204
ISBN 10: 085115820
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 July 2001
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
All in all this is a remarkable as well as a beautiful book. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW (Colin RichmoAll in all this is a remarkable as well as a beautiful book. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW (Colin Richmond) Fascinating volume. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Offers a wealth of ri
All in all this is a remarkable as well as a beautiful book. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW [Colin Richmond] Fascinating volume. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Offers a wealth of riches for scholars interested in East Anglian devotional practice. SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL
All in all this is a remarkable as well as a beautiful book. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW (Colin Richmond) * Reads like a medieval detective story. A splendid book... should be treated as a companion volume to The Stripping of the Altars. CHURCH TIMES Fascinating volume. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Offers a wealth of riches for scholars interested in East Anglian devotional practice. SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL
