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Beds and Chambers in Late Medieval England - Readings, Representations and Realities (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,430
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Beds and Chambers in Late Medieval England - Readings, Representations and Realities (Hardcover): Hollie L. S. Morgan

Beds and Chambers in Late Medieval England - Readings, Representations and Realities (Hardcover)

Hollie L. S. Morgan

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First full-length interdisciplinary study of the effect of these everyday surroundings on literature, culture and the collective consciousness of the late middle ages. The bed, and the chamber which contained it, was something of a cultural and social phenomenon in late-medieval England. Their introduction into some aristocratic and bourgeois households captured the imagination of late-medievalEnglish society. The bed and chamber stood for much more than simply a place to rest one's head: they were symbols of authority, unparalleled spaces of intimacy, sanctuaries both for the powerless and the powerful. This change inphysical domestic space shaped the ways in which people thought about less tangible concepts such as gender politics, communication, God, sex and emotions. Furthermore, the practical uses of beds and chambers shaped and were shaped by artistic and literary production. This volume offers the first interdisciplinary study of the cultural meanings of beds and chambers in late-medieval England. It draws on a vast array of literary, pragmatic and visual sources, including romances, saints' lives, lyrics, plays, wills, probate inventories, letters, church and civil court documents, manuscript illumination and physical objects, to shed new light on the ways in which beds and chambersfunctioned as both physical and conceptual spaces. Hollie L.S. Morgan is a Research Fellow in the School of History and Heritage, University of Lincoln.

General

Imprint: York Medieval Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: Hollie L. S. Morgan
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 978-1-903153-71-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN: 1-903153-71-9
Barcode: 9781903153710

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