Secret Middle Ages Discovering the Real Medieval World

Name: Secret Middle Ages Discovering the Real Medieval World
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ISBN: 9780275979805

ISBN-10: 0275979806

ISBN-13: 9780275979805

Edition: 2002

Authors: Malcolm Jones

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Using the wealth of medieval art, much of it unseen or ignored by museums and art historians, Jones paints a compelling picture of life as imagined by the masses between 1200 and 1500. The civilization that emerges is both like and unlike our own, one teeming with the richness of life and its contradictions. In contrast to most medieval studies, Jones does not focus exclusively on religious or aristocratic art, but looks instead to the products of popular and folk art, such as jewelry, tableware, illustrations, carvings, and textiles. All evoke the vivid creative imagination and strong visual culture of the middle ages. This book offers a major reassessment of the high medieval period.…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 1/30/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 8.00" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgements


Conventions and Abbreviations



Love, Death and Biscuits



Magical Metal, Silly Saints and Risible Relics: the Art and Artefacts of Popular Religion



Licked into Shape: Animal Symbolism



Why Englishmen Have Tails: Race, Nationality and Monstrosity



Signs of Infamy: the Iconography of Humiliation and Insult



The Fool and the Attributes of Folly



Shoeing the Goose: Proverbs and Proverbial Follies



Nonsense, Pure and Applied



Narratives--Heroic and Not So Heroic



Hearts and Flowers and Parrots: the Iconography of Love



Who Wears the Trousers: Gender Relations



Wicked Willies with Wings: Sex and Sexuality



Tailpiece: the Uses of Scatology


Conclusion


Notes and References


Index