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Memorializing the Middle Classes in Medieval and Renaissance Europe / ed. by Anne Leader.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture ; 60Publisher: Kalamazoo, MI : Medieval Institute Publications, [2018]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781580443456
  • 9783110625424
  • 9781580443463
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 726/.8094 23
LOC classification:
  • NB1803.E85 M46 2018
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Recycling for Eternity Th e Reuse of Ancient Sarcophagi by Pisan Merchants, 1200–1400 -- Chapter Two. Nuremberg Merchants in Breslau (1440–1520) Commemoration as Assimilation -- Chapter Three. The Sepulchralization of Renaissance Florence -- Chapter Four. “Under the tombe that I have there prepared” Monuments for the Tailors and Merchant Tailors of Medieval London -- Chapter Five. Tombs and the imago doctoris in cathedra in Northern Italy, ca. 1300–1364 -- Chapter Six. “Middle-Class” Men Who Would Be Nobles in Fifteenth-Century Castile, Flanders, and Burgundy -- Chapter Seven. Remembering the Dead, Planning for the Afterlife in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany The Case of Cione di Ravi -- Appendix. Testament of Cione di Ravi, Notarile Antecosimiano, 556, Filza F, 29 Giugno 1478 -- Chapter Eight. Noble Aspirations Social Mobility and Commemoration in Two Seventeenth- Century Venetian Funerary Monuments -- Chapter Nine. Commemoration through Food Obits Celebrated by the Franciscan Nuns of Late Medieval Strasbourg -- Chapter Ten. The Panel Painting as a Choice for Family Commemoration The Case of Fifteenth-Century Patrons on Cyprus -- Chapter Eleven. The Knight and the Merchant Familial Commemorative Strategy in the Wake of the Flemish Revolts ca. 1482–1492 -- Appendix. Lodewijk’s memorial requests -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
Summary: Offering a broad overview of memorialization practices across Europe and the Mediterranean, this book examines local customs through particular case studies. These essays explore complementary themes through the lens of commemorative art, including social status; personal and corporate identities; the intersections of mercantile, intellectual, and religious attitudes; upward (and downward) mobility; and the cross-cultural exchange.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Recycling for Eternity Th e Reuse of Ancient Sarcophagi by Pisan Merchants, 1200–1400 -- Chapter Two. Nuremberg Merchants in Breslau (1440–1520) Commemoration as Assimilation -- Chapter Three. The Sepulchralization of Renaissance Florence -- Chapter Four. “Under the tombe that I have there prepared” Monuments for the Tailors and Merchant Tailors of Medieval London -- Chapter Five. Tombs and the imago doctoris in cathedra in Northern Italy, ca. 1300–1364 -- Chapter Six. “Middle-Class” Men Who Would Be Nobles in Fifteenth-Century Castile, Flanders, and Burgundy -- Chapter Seven. Remembering the Dead, Planning for the Afterlife in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany The Case of Cione di Ravi -- Appendix. Testament of Cione di Ravi, Notarile Antecosimiano, 556, Filza F, 29 Giugno 1478 -- Chapter Eight. Noble Aspirations Social Mobility and Commemoration in Two Seventeenth- Century Venetian Funerary Monuments -- Chapter Nine. Commemoration through Food Obits Celebrated by the Franciscan Nuns of Late Medieval Strasbourg -- Chapter Ten. The Panel Painting as a Choice for Family Commemoration The Case of Fifteenth-Century Patrons on Cyprus -- Chapter Eleven. The Knight and the Merchant Familial Commemorative Strategy in the Wake of the Flemish Revolts ca. 1482–1492 -- Appendix. Lodewijk’s memorial requests -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

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Offering a broad overview of memorialization practices across Europe and the Mediterranean, this book examines local customs through particular case studies. These essays explore complementary themes through the lens of commemorative art, including social status; personal and corporate identities; the intersections of mercantile, intellectual, and religious attitudes; upward (and downward) mobility; and the cross-cultural exchange.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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