Volume: 37 Issue: 11
Contents of History Today, November 1987 |
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Janet Backhouse explores the Illuminated Books of Gothic England. |
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The formidable intellectual challenge to the English church by Wyclif and the pastoral work of his followers challenged the hitherto unquestioned acceptance of... |
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Is there a direct link between Julius Caesar, the Rome of the 1st century BC and a medieval world map in Hereford Cathedral? Peter Wiseman investigates the origins... |
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Juliet and Malcolm Vale trace through the web of secular status and religious instincts that made up the codes of conduct of English chivalry. |
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Christian king or swashbuckling hero? The immense popularity of King Arthur in medieval romance gave considerable scope for a range of images. |
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Pamela Tudor-Craig looks at complex allegories, moral and theological, conveyed in images of considerable beauty which are still being recovered today. |
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To the greater glory of God – but not forgetting to include the patron – was the guiding principle of the creative art of the Middle Ages. |
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Jonathan Alexander, the organiser of an exhibition on English Gothic Art at the Royal Academy, outlines its contents and objectives. |
