Bold as Brass

The History of England in 50 Monumental Brasses

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

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Beskrivning

Monumental brasses have for over 700 years been a popular form of marking an individual’s grave or commemorating the life of that person. Originally widespread in northwestern Europe, the most surviving examples are to be found in England’s churches. These incised metal plates, sometimes with a simple inscription but often including the figure of the person commemorated, are not only objects of beauty but they also open a window on the past and illuminate our understanding of our island history. The earliest are medieval but they continued into the modern world, and examples range from Sir Simon Felbrigge, 1416, at Felbrigg, Norfolk, Banner Bearer to King Richard II at Agincourt; Sir Thomas Bullen, 1538, at Hever, Kent, the father of the ill-fated Anne Boleyn; and Robert Stephenson, 1859, in Westminster Abbey, one of the greatest civil engineers of the nineteenth century.Bold as Brass: The History of England in 50 Monumental Brasses highlights 50 memorial brasses from across the country. These brasses have a unique ability to bring history to life, focussing on the personal as well as on national themes. Readers will find this book is an attractive and compelling ‘witness in brass’ to the sweep of English history over seven centuries.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2027-07-15
Mått:165 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:96
Förlag:Amberley Publishing
ISBN:9781398133716

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David Meara is a retired Church of England clergyman who worked in the Oxford Diocese for twenty-seven years, and then served as Rector of St. Bride’s Fleet Street and Archdeacon of London until 2014. He has made a lifetime study of Church movements and brasses and has published extensively on the subject. He has published on a range of topics, including Anglo-Scottish sleeper trains and the scuttling of German ships at Scapa Flow. His father-in-law fought in Burma in the Second World War.