1st Edition
Of Armor and Men in Medieval England The Chivalric Rhetoric of Three English Knights' Effigies
By Rachel Ann Dressler
Copyright 2004
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
Despite the profusion of knightly effigies created between c. 1240 and c. 1330 for tombs throughout the British Isles, these commemorative figures are relatively unknown to art historians and medievalists. Until now, their rich visual impact and significance has been relatively unexplored by scholars. In this study, Rachel Dressler examines this category of sculpture, illustrating how English... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Overview of the English military effigy; The men behind the stones; The knight's resurrected body; The knight's social body; The knight's gendered body; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Rachel Ann Dressler
'Dressler deserves credit for addressing previously understudied issues concerning how effigial monuments were designed to influence the fate of the deceased in Purgatory and Heaven...' Church Monuments ’... contains a great deal of historical research, it is lively and widely read...’ Art History
