Church Monuments in South Wales, c.1200-1547

Rhianydd Biebrach

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The Boydell Press
17 November 2017

Memorials, monuments; Religious buildings; British & Irish history

Series: Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture

The first full-scale study of the medieval funerary monuments of South Wales. South Wales is an area blessed with an eclectic, but largely unknown, monumental heritage, ranging from plain cross slabs to richly carved effigial monuments on canopied tomb-chests. As a group, these monuments closely reflect theturbulent history of the southern march of Wales, its close links to the West Country and its differences from the 'native Wales' of the north-west. As individuals, they offer fascinating insights into the spiritual and secular concerns of the area's culturally diverse elites.

Church Monuments in South Wales is the first full-scale study of the medieval funerary monuments of this region offering a much-needed Celtic contribution to the growingcorpus of literature on the monumental culture of late-medieval Europe, which for the British Isles has been hitherto dominated by English studies. It focuses on the social groups who commissioned and were commemorated by funerary monuments and how this distinctive memorial culture reflected their shifting fortunes, tastes and pre-occupations at a time of great social change.

Rhianydd Biebrach has taught medieval history at the universities ofSwansea, Cardiff and South Wales and edited the journal Church Monuments. She currently works for Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales.

By: Rhianydd Biebrach
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: v. 12
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781783272648
ISBN 10: 1783272643
Series: Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
Pages: 226
Publication Date: 17 November 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Church Monuments in South Wales, c.1200-1547

A welcome contribution to growing scholarship on commemoration of this kind. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY Fills a large gap in our knowledge as regards south Wales. MORGANNWG Journal of Glamorgan History