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This book addresses the complex question of the significance of
regions in the creation of Romanesque, particularly in relation to
transregional and pan-European artistic styles and approaches.
Individual chapters explore the generation and reception of forms,
the conditions that give rise to the development of transregional
styles and the agencies that cut across territorial boundaries.
There are studies of regional styles in Aquitaine, Castile, Sicily,
Hungary and Scandinavia, workshops in Worms and the Welsh Marches,
the transregional nature of liturgical furnishings, the cultural
geography of the new monastic orders, metalworking in Hildesheim
and the valley of the Meuse, and the links which connect Piemonte
with Conques.
This book addresses the complex question of the significance of
regions in the creation of Romanesque, particularly in relation to
transregional and pan-European artistic styles and approaches.
Individual chapters explore the generation and reception of forms,
the conditions that give rise to the development of transregional
styles and the agencies that cut across territorial boundaries.
There are studies of regional styles in Aquitaine, Castile, Sicily,
Hungary and Scandinavia, workshops in Worms and the Welsh Marches,
the transregional nature of liturgical furnishings, the cultural
geography of the new monastic orders, metalworking in Hildesheim
and the valley of the Meuse, and the links which connect Piemonte
with Conques.
This is the first comprehensive book in English on the fate of the
homosexuals in Nazi Germany. The author, a German refugee, examines
the climate and conditions that gave rise to a vicious campaign
against Germany's gays, as directed by Himmler and his
SS--persecution that resulted in tens of thousands of arrests and
thousands of deaths.
In this Nazi crusade, homosexual prisoners were confined to death
camps where, forced to wear pink triangles, they constituted the
lowest rung in the camp hierarchy. The horror of camp life is
described through diaries, previously untranslated documents, and
interviews with and letters from survivors, revealing how the
anti-homosexual campaign was conducted, the crackpot homophobic
fantasies that fueled it, the men who made it possible, and those
who were its victims, this chilling book sheds light on a corner of
twentieth-century history that has been hidden in the shadows much
too long.
The 23 chapters in this volume explore the material culture of
sanctity in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean between c. 1000 and
c. 1220, with a focus on the ways in which saints and relics were
enshrined, celebrated, and displayed. Reliquary cults were
particularly important during the Romanesque period, both as a
means of affirming or promoting identity and as a conduit for the
divine. This book covers the geography of sainthood, the
development of spaces for reliquary display, the distribution of
saints across cities, the use of reliquaries to draw attention to
the attributes, and the virtues or miracle-working character of
particular saints. Individual essays range from case studies on
Verona, Hildesheim, Trondheim and Limoges, the mausoleum of Lazarus
at Autun, and the patronage of Mathilda of Canossa, to reflections
on local pilgrimage, the deployment of saints as physical
protectors, the use of imagery where possession of a saint was
disputed, island sanctuaries, and the role of Templars and
Hospitallers in the promotion of relics from the Holy Land. This
book will serve historians and archaeologists studying the
Romanesque period, and those interested in material culture and
religious practice in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean
c.1000-c.1220.
The 23 chapters in this volume explore the material culture of
sanctity in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean between c. 1000 and
c. 1220, with a focus on the ways in which saints and relics were
enshrined, celebrated, and displayed. Reliquary cults were
particularly important during the Romanesque period, both as a
means of affirming or promoting identity and as a conduit for the
divine. This book covers the geography of sainthood, the
development of spaces for reliquary display, the distribution of
saints across cities, the use of reliquaries to draw attention to
the attributes, and the virtues or miracle-working character of
particular saints. Individual essays range from case studies on
Verona, Hildesheim, Trondheim and Limoges, the mausoleum of Lazarus
at Autun, and the patronage of Mathilda of Canossa, to reflections
on local pilgrimage, the deployment of saints as physical
protectors, the use of imagery where possession of a saint was
disputed, island sanctuaries, and the role of Templars and
Hospitallers in the promotion of relics from the Holy Land. This
book will serve historians and archaeologists studying the
Romanesque period, and those interested in material culture and
religious practice in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean
c.1000-c.1220.
The twenty-five papers in this volume arise from a conference
jointly organised by the British Archaeological Association and the
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona. They explore the
making of art and architecture in Latin Europe and the
Mediterranean between c. 1000 and c. 1250, with a particular focus
on questions of patronage, design and instrumentality. No previous
studies of patterns of artistic production during the Romanesque
period rival the breadth of coverage encompassed by this volume -
both in terms of geographical origin and media, and in terms of
historical approach. Topics range from case studies on Santiago de
Compostela, the Armenian Cathedral in Jerusalem and the Winchester
Bible to reflections on textuality and donor literacy, the culture
of abbatial patronage at Saint-Michel de Cuxa and the re-invention
of slab relief sculpture around 1100. The volume also includes
papers that attempt to recover the procedures that coloured
interaction between artists and patrons - a serious theme in a
collection that opens with 'Function, condition and process in
eleventh-century Anglo-Norman church architecture' and ends with a
consideration of 'The death of the patron'.
The twenty-five papers in this volume arise from a conference
jointly organised by the British Archaeological Association and the
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona. They explore the
making of art and architecture in Latin Europe and the
Mediterranean between c. 1000 and c. 1250, with a particular focus
on questions of patronage, design and instrumentality. No previous
studies of patterns of artistic production during the Romanesque
period rival the breadth of coverage encompassed by this volume -
both in terms of geographical origin and media, and in terms of
historical approach. Topics range from case studies on Santiago de
Compostela, the Armenian Cathedral in Jerusalem and the Winchester
Bible to reflections on textuality and donor literacy, the culture
of abbatial patronage at Saint-Michel de Cuxa and the re-invention
of slab relief sculpture around 1100. The volume also includes
papers that attempt to recover the procedures that coloured
interaction between artists and patrons - a serious theme in a
collection that opens with 'Function, condition and process in
eleventh-century Anglo-Norman church architecture' and ends with a
consideration of 'The death of the patron'.
War, rebellion and castle-building in Normandy and Poitou, charters
and writs, dedications of churches in England, Jews, attitudes to
kindred - the regular stimulating mix. Seven papers in this volume
deal with England, six (four of them in French) with northern and
western France. One major focus is on the endowment and building of
churches in England from the late Anglo-Saxon period to the early
thirteenth century; a second important group looks at war,
rebellion and castle-building in Normandy and Poitou. Three papers
investigate the value of charters and writs for an understanding of
political structures in Anglo-Saxon and twelfth-century England;
and there are studies of the revealing ways in which attitudes to
outsiders and insiders (Jews, and kindred) were articulated in
eleventh- and twelfth-century Europe. Contributors: MARTIN AURELL,
MARIE-PIERRE BAUDRY, PIERRE BAUDUIN, JULIA BOORMAN, NATALIE FRYDE,
CHARLES INSLEY, STEPHEN MARRITT, VINCENT MOSS, DOMINIQUE PITTE, TIM
TATTON-BROWN, PAMELA TAYLOR, MALCOLM THURLBY, ANN WILLIAMS.
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