1st Edition
Commemorating the Dead in Late Medieval Strasbourg The Cathedral's Book of Donors and Its Use (1320-1521)
By Charlotte A. Stanford
Copyright 2011
348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Book of Donors for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6,954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. These individuals listed gifts to the cathedral construction fund given in exchange for prayers for the donors' souls. The construction administrators (the Oeuvre Notre-Dame) also built a chapel dedicated to the Blessed... Read more
1: The Book of Donors: Construction and History; 2: Architectural and Liturgical Context; 3: The Social and Political Setting; 4: The Obituary History of Strasbourg Cathedral; 5: Commemoration in Strasbourg's Other Churches; Conclusion
Biography
Charlotte A. Stanford, Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature, Brigham Young University, USA
'It is a very useful book and an important addition to a small Anglophone literature of late medieval religiosity of Strasbourg, but more importantly as a study of commemorative practices in a late medieval cathedral and, as such, a useful comparative case for future studies of a similar kind.' H-France '... this is more than just a microstudy of one particular manuscript. Although the author admits that this is not an exhaustive investigation, she does much more than introduce the Book of Donors to a wider scholarly audience: with her meticulous scrutiny she provides valuable insights into the social history of medieval Strasbourg, the piety of its citizens, and the importance of memoria in medieval society.' Church Monuments
