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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Peter SherlockPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780754660934ISBN 10: 0754660931 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 28 March 2008 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'... provides a valuable and wide-ranging contribution to the understanding of early modern memorializing practices...' Renaissance Quarterly 'This excellent book is essential reading for anyone interested in the monuments of Early Modern England; indeed its Introduction is highly recommended to anyone interested in monuments... Peter Sherlock has written a humane, learned and illuminating book which will be fundamental to the study of church monuments.' Church Monuments 'This is a groundbreaking study... The text is copiously illustrated... English tombs have had their interpreters but this text offers many fresh ideas mostly owing to the religious import which Sherlock reads into these post-Reformation statements to their present and future.' Parergon 'Coupled with a thoughtful critical discussion underpinned by sound, sophisticated research, an elegant, lucid style in which explications are ordered and easy to follow, and forty fascinating illustrations, all subject to insightful commentary, Sherlock's love of the subject makes the book a joy to read.' Clio '... Sherlock provides a well-argued and thoroughly researched account of some of the effects of religious and cultural change on portrayals of the dead.' Huntington Library Quarterly '... what we have here is essentially a broad discourse on funerary monuments, remarkably wide-ranging, rich in detailed information, and engagingly presented. ... It is a book to be recommended to anyone wishing to know why monuments contribute so much to our understanding of early modern England.' Literature & History '... an extremely valuable new addition to the work on early modern monuments in England, one which convincingly rediscovers their spiritual dimension.' Ecclesiastical History 'Sherlock's book is a wide-ranging study, encompassing broad conceptualization and a long time-frame. It is meticulously researched and attractively presented with a set of photographs of funeral mon '... provides a valuable and wide-ranging contribution to the understanding of early modern memorializing practices...' Renaissance Quarterly 'This excellent book is essential reading for anyone interested in the monuments of Early Modern England; indeed its Introduction is highly recommended to anyone interested in monuments... Peter Sherlock has written a humane, learned and illuminating book which will be fundamental to the study of church monuments.' Church Monuments 'This is a groundbreaking study... The text is copiously illustrated... English tombs have had their interpreters but this text offers many fresh ideas mostly owing to the religious import which Sherlock reads into these post-Reformation statements to their present and future.' Parergon 'Coupled with a thoughtful critical discussion underpinned by sound, sophisticated research, an elegant, lucid style in which explications are ordered and easy to follow, and forty fascinating illustrations, all subject to insightful commentary, Sherlock's love of the subject makes the book a joy to read.' Clio '... Sherlock provides a well-argued and thoroughly researched account of some of the effects of religious and cultural change on portrayals of the dead.' Huntington Library Quarterly '... what we have here is essentially a broad discourse on funerary monuments, remarkably wide-ranging, rich in detailed information, and engagingly presented. ... It is a book to be recommended to anyone wishing to know why monuments contribute so much to our understanding of early modern England.' Literature & History '... an extremely valuable new addition to the work on early modern monuments in England, one which convincingly rediscovers their spiritual dimension.' Ecclesiastical History 'Sherlock's book is a wide-ranging study, encompassing broad conceptualization and a long time-frame. It is meticulously researched and attractively presented with a set of photographs of funeral monuments. Sherlock's enthusiasm for his topic shines through his clear prose.' Zeitschrift fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik Author InformationPeter Sherlock is an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |