Seeable Signs: The Iconography of the Seven Sacraments, 1350-1544

Author:   Ann Eljenholm Nichols
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:  

9780851153421


Pages:   496
Publication Date:   21 July 1994
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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.

Our Price $323.44 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Seeable Signs: The Iconography of the Seven Sacraments, 1350-1544


Add your own review!

Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Ann Eljenholm Nichols
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780851153421


ISBN 10:   0851153429
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   21 July 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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 Contents

Reviews

Handsomely produced and lavishly illustrated... the best and most comprehensive account to date of the theology and practice of the sacraments, and their representation in all media, in the later middle ages... This stimulating, learned and lucid book has placed every student of medieval religion and art in her debt. TLS An important contribution to our understanding of the popular practice of religion in late medieval England... in helping us to see and understand what was obscure and neglected, it is a model of serious scholarship. MEDIUM AEVUM (C. David Benson)Makes a major contribution to our understanding of late medieval religion in England. ...The book raises various important questions, in particular...whether the (representations of the sacraments) should be seen as expressions of popular religion or rather as teaching imposed by churchmen on a hesitant or reluctant laiety. JNL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORYA book of rare quality in the freshness and many facets of its subject, in its learning, and in its exemplary presentation. CHURCH HISTORY


Handsomely produced and lavishly illustrated... the best and most comprehensive account to date of the theology and practice of the sacraments, and their representation in all media, in the later middle ages... This stimulating, learned and lucid book has placed every student of medieval religion and art in her debt. TLS An important contribution to our understanding of the popular practice of religion in late medieval England... in helping us to see and understand what was obscure and neglected, it is a model of serious scholarship. MEDIUM AEVUM (C. David Benson)Makes a major contribution to our understanding of late medieval religion in England. ...The book raises various important questions, in particular...whether the (representations of the sacraments) should be seen as expressions of popular religion or rather as teaching imposed by churchmen on a hesitant or reluctant laiety. JNL popular religion or rather as teaching imposed by churchmen on a hesitant or reluctant laiety. JNL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORYA book of rare quality in the freshness


Author Information

ANN ELJENHOLM NICHOLS is Professor Emerita, Department of English, Winona State University.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

Aorrng

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List