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  • Significance of Monumentsby Richard Bradley

    Routledge 1998; US$ 41.95

    The Significance of Monuments is an indispensable text for all students of European prehistory. It is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating period. more...

  • King of the Confessorsby Thomas Hoving

    Cybereditions 2001; US$ 17.95

    King of the Confessors is Thomas Hoving's gripping account of the extraordinary events surrounding the Metropolitan Museum of Art's purchase, in 1963, of the magnificent medieval carved walrus ivory cross which the Museum calls 'The Cloisters Cross', but Hoving calls 'The Bury St Edmunds Cross'. This new edition contains revelations that render the events even more extraordinary, and explains why Hoving thinks the Museum has got it wrong. more...

  • Early Christians and Animalsby Robert M. Grant

    Routledge 1999; US$ 130.00

    Early Christians and Animals presents a colourful and comprehensive overview and analysis of the significance of animals in early Christian thought, tradition, text and art. more...

  • Reformation and the Visual Artsby Sergiusz Michalski

    Routledge 1993; US$ 135.00

    This fascinating book provides the first systematic overview of religious images and iconoclasm through the Reformation to the view of the Eastern Orthodox churches, covering both Western and Eastern Europe. more...

  • Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Artby Miranda Green

    Routledge 1992; US$ 44.95

    `The variety of subjects is awesome, as is the sustained iconography of their symbols and emblems. A work of major importance.' - Choice more...

  • Law and Religionby Peter Radan

    Routledge 2004; US$ 183.00

    This book compiles recent research into the intersection between law and religion within the common law tradition. Working across jurisdictions, it will be of interest to religious studies and law students and researchers. more...

  • Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europeby Richard Bradley

    Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 39.95

    This fascinating study explores how our prehistoric ancestors developed rituals from everyday life and domestic activities. This book examines farming, craft production and the occupation of houses, which were all ritualized in prehistoric Europe. more...

  • Inward Purity and Outward Splendourby Judith Middleton-Stewart

    Boydell & Brewer 2001; US$ 110.00

    This study of 3000 wills from fifty-two Suffolk parishes records material and spiritual bequests to the churches. Many testators purchased prayer; others left instructions for the acquisition of liturgical books, church plate and embroidered vestments. Gifts and outright donations also provided stained glass, seven-sacrament fonts and rood-screens for some of Suffolk's finest churches. more...

  • Subtle Bodiesby Glenn Peers

    University of California Press 2001; US$ 60.00

    Throughout the course of Byzantine history, Christian doctrine taught that angels have a powerful place in cosmology. It also taught that angels were immaterial, bodiless, invisible beings. But if that were the case, how could they be visualized and depicted in icons and other works of art? This book describes the strategies used by Byzantine artists to represent the incorporeal forms of angels and the rationalizations in defense of their representations mustered by theologians in the face of iconoclastic opposition. Glenn Peers demonstrates that these problems of representation provide a unique window on Late Antique thought in general. more...

  • The Visual Culture of American Religionsby David Morgan; Sally M. Promey

    University of California Press 2001; US$ 15.95

    Contemporary artists have often clashed with conservative American evangelicals in recent years, giving the impression that art and religion are fundamentally at odds. Yet historically, artistic images have played a profound role in American religious life. more...