Seals and Society

Medieval Wales, the Welsh Marches and their English Border Region

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Seals and Society arises from a major project investigating seals and their use in medieval Wales, the Welsh March and neighbouring counties in England. The first major study of seals in the context of one part of medieval Western European society, the volume also offers a new perspective on the history of medieval Wales and its periphery by addressing a variety of themes in terms of the insight that seals can offer the historian. Though the present study suggests important regional distinctions in the take-up of seals in medieval Wales, it is also clear that seal usage increased from the later twelfth century and spread widely in Welsh society, especially in those parts of Wales neighbouring England or where there had been an early English incursion. Through a series of chapters, the authors examine the ways in which seals can shed light on the legal, administrative, social and economic history of the period in Wales and its border region. Seals provide unique insights into the choices individuals, men and women, made in representing themselves to the wider world, and this issue is examined closely. Supported by almost 100 images gathered by the project team, the volume is of great interest to those working on seals, their motifs, their use and developments in their usage over the high and later Middle Ages.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-06-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:838 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:University of Wales Press
ISBN:9781783168712

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Senior school, college and university readership, as well as academic and specialist readers, and a wider public interested in the latest research on sigillography and aspects of medieval Wales and its place in a wider British and European context.Phillipp Schofield is Professor of Medieval History at Aberystwyth University; Elizabeth New is Lecturer in Medieval History at Aberystwyth University; Sue Johns is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at Bangor University.

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'This is a fine achievement. Emanating from the Seals in Medieval Wales project, it shines new light on all aspects of sigillographic study, from design and motifs, symbolism, iconography, fashion and production, to seal usage in terms of both law and administration (including the church), and expressions of personal and social identity. These four scholars, uniquely qualified for the task, have considerablyadvanced our knowledge of this subject andindoing so illuminated many aspects of the social historyof Wales and the Marches.' --Peter Coss, Cardiff University; 'This volume breaks new ground by providing the most comprehensive survey so far of seals used to authenticate documents in medieval Wales and its borders with England. Drawing on research that has identified almost 2,500 seals, the authors show how close study of these artefacts, attentive both to their particular form and to the contexts in which they were used, can offer fresh perspectives on many aspects of the history of medieval Wales. The result is an important contribution to our understanding of the significance of seals in the Middle Ages.' - Huw Pryce, Professor of Welsh History, Bangor University

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionElizabeth A. New and Phillipp R. SchofieldChapter 1: Seals in medieval Wales and its neighbouring counties: trends in motifsJohn McEwanChapter 2. Seals: administration and lawPhillipp R. SchofieldChapter 3. Seals and exchangePhillipp R. SchofieldChapter 4: Ecclesiastical SealsElizabeth A. NewChapter 5: Seals and lordshipSusan M. JohnsChapter 6: Seals, women and identitySusan M. JohnsChapter 7: Seals as expressions of identityElizabeth A. NewConclusionElizabeth A. New and Phillipp R. SchofieldAppendixElizabeth A. New, John McEwan and Phillipp R. SchofieldBibliography