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Preaching, Building, and Burying: Friars in the Medieval City
Caroline Bruzelius
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Description for Preaching, Building, and Burying: Friars in the Medieval City
Hardback. Friars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. This book aims book to analyze the friars' influence on the growth and transformation of medieval buildings and urban spaces. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 192 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Friars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. Mendicant commitment to apostolic poverty bound friars to donors in an exchange of donations in return for intercessory prayers and burial: association with friars was believed to reduce the suffering of purgatory. Mendicant convents became urban cemeteries, warehouses filled with family tombs, flags, shields, and private altars.
As mendicants became progressively institutionalized and sought legitimacy, friars adopted the architectural structures of monasticism: chapter houses, cloisters, dormitories, and refectories. They also created piazzas for preaching and burying outside their churches. Construction depended ... Read more
Friars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. Mendicant commitment to apostolic poverty bound friars to donors in an exchange of donations in return for intercessory prayers and burial: association with friars was believed to reduce the suffering of purgatory. Mendicant convents became urban cemeteries, warehouses filled with family tombs, flags, shields, and private altars.
As mendicants became progressively institutionalized and sought legitimacy, friars adopted the architectural structures of monasticism: chapter houses, cloisters, dormitories, and refectories. They also created piazzas for preaching and burying outside their churches. Construction depended ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1118g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300203844
SKU
V9780300203844
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-40
About Caroline Bruzelius
Caroline Bruzelius is the A. M. Cogan Professor of History of Art at Duke University.
Reviews for Preaching, Building, and Burying: Friars in the Medieval City
Winner of the 2016 biennial Jaroslav Pelikan Award, administered by Yale University Press.
Award
Jaroslav Pelican
“[A] novel perspective on the architecture of the mendicant orders during the crucial centuries that witnessed their extraordinary expansion.”—Claudia Bolgia, Burlington Magazine
Claudia Bolgia
Burlington Magazine
Award
Jaroslav Pelican
“[A] novel perspective on the architecture of the mendicant orders during the crucial centuries that witnessed their extraordinary expansion.”—Claudia Bolgia, Burlington Magazine
Claudia Bolgia
Burlington Magazine