Becket s Crown: Art and Imagination in Gothic England 1170-1300 - Hardcover

Binski, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300105096 ISBN 13: 9780300105094

Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre BA, 2005

Synopsis

To appreciate England’s earliest Gothic buildings and art the great cathedrals at Canterbury, Lincoln, Salisbury, and Wells and contemporary Gothic texts and images it is necessary to understand the religious and ethical ideals of the individuals and communities who sponsored them. Paul Binski’s fascinating new book offers a radical new perspective on English art, architecture, social formation, and religious imagination during this pivotal period.

Binski reveals that the Church, although authoritarian and undergoing reform, was able to come to terms with new developments in society and technology as well as with the fact of social and religious diversity. He explains how varying ideals of personal sanctity were bound up with radical new notions of leadership, personal ethics, and styles of religious devotion and how ideas of reform of worship, personal conduct, and art affected the community at large.

About this title

Book Description:

This fascinating book offers a new understanding of England’s earliest Gothic buildings and art, placing them against a background of the religious and ethical ideals of the individuals and communities who sponsored them. 

About the Author:

Paul Binski is reader in the history of medieval art at the University of Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre BA
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0300105096
• ISBN 13: 9780300105094
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360