Image, Text, and Religious Reform in Fifteenth-Century England |
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| Author:
| Gayk, Shannon |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-65905-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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Analyzes fifteenth-century ideas about religious images, focusing on the period between the Wycliffite critique of images and Reformation iconoclasm. Shannon Gayk argues that many writers used vernacular writing to explain, mediate, and reform the use of religious images in lay devotion and education.
Analyzes fifteenth-century ideas about religious images, focusing on the period between the Wycliffite critique of images and Reformation iconoclasm. Shannon Gayk argues that many writers used vernacular writing to explain, mediate, and reform the use of religious images in lay devotion and education.