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Overview"Medieval churchmen typically defended religious art as ""books"" to teach unlettered laity their faith; but in late medieval England, Lollard accusations of idolatry stimulated renewed debate over image worship. ""Popular Piety and Art in the Late Middle Ages"" places this dispute within the context of the religious beliefs and devotional practices of lay people, showing how they used and responded to holy images in their parish churches, at shrines and in prayer books. Far more than substitutes for texts, holy images presented a junction of the material and spiritual, offering an increasingly literate laity access to the supernatural through the visual power of ""beholding""." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kathleen KamerickPublisher: St Martin's Press Imprint: St Martin's Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780312293123ISBN 10: 0312293127 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 29 June 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsThe Cause of all Evil: Idolatry in Late Medieval England Diverse Doctrines: Religious Instruction and Holy Images 'Fair Images' in the Parish Something of Divinity: Holy Images in the Community Art and Moral Vision: Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe Staying the Senses: Image and Word in Prayer Books Conclusion Plates BibliographyReviews'The well-deserved popularity of Polpular piety and Art in the Late Middle Ages is attested by the fact that at the time of writing this review a new print-run is needed..The book amply fulfils the aims of the New Middle Ages series as set out in the editor's foreword: 'to contribute to lively transdisciplinary conversations in medieval cultural studies' and to provide 'new work in a contemporary idiom about precise and often diverse practices, expressions, and ideologies in the Middle ages'.' - Charity Scott Stokes, Mystics Quarterly Author InformationKATHLEEN KAMERICK is a Lecturer in History and in the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa. She has written articles and reviews on medieval religion and the history of the book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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