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Beds and chambers in late medieval england : readings, representations, and realities

Title
Beds and chambers in late medieval england : readings, representations, and realities / Hollie L. S. Morgan.
Author
Morgan, Hollie L. S.
Publication
  • Woodbridge : York Medieval Press, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Description
254 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles; 24 cm
Summary
The bed, and the chamber which contained it, was something of a cultural and social phenomenon in late-medieval England. Their introduction into some aristocratic and bourgeois households captured the imagination of late-medieval English society. The bed and chamber stood for much more than simply a place to rest one's head: they were symbols of authority, unparalleled spaces of intimacy, sanctuaries both for the powerless and the powerful. This change in physical domestic space shaped the ways in which people thought about less tangible concepts such as gender politics, communication, God, sex and emotions. Furthermore, the practical uses of beds and chambers shaped and were shaped by artistic and literary production. This volume offers the first interdisciplinary study of the cultural meanings of beds and chambers in late-medieval England. It draws on a vast array of literary, pragmatic and visual sources, including romances, saints' lives, lyrics, plays, wills, probate inventories, letters, church and civil court documents, manuscript illumination and physical objects, to shed new light on the ways in which beds and chambers functioned as both physical and conceptual spaces.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-244) and index.
Call Number
JFE 17-4728
ISBN
  • 1903153719
  • 9781903153710
OCLC
953843413
Author
Morgan, Hollie L. S., author.
Title
Beds and chambers in late medieval england : readings, representations, and realities / Hollie L. S. Morgan.
Publisher
Woodbridge : York Medieval Press, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-244) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-4728
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