IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 520: Patronage and Piety in Medieval Europe
Tuesday 15 July 2003, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Department of Art History, University of Leicester |
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| Organiser: | Ellie Pridgeon, Department of the History of Art & Film, University of Leicester / Precise Media, London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Robert A. Rouse, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Nottingham |
| Paper 520-a | Stockholm and its Role within the Hanseatic League: An Assessment of Medieval Sculpture (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture |
| Paper 520-b | Piety and Patronage in the Parish: The Evidence from Medieval Wills (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Lay Piety |
| Paper 520-c | Wall Painting and Patronage in the English Parish Church (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Lay Piety |
| Abstract | The session will draw attention to the very different forms of church and cathedral patronage which occured in both Sweden and England in the later Middle Ages. Royal and wealthier benefactors left their mark in the form of great sculptural and architectural programs. Yet far less ostentatious were the more local patrons in the smaller parish churches. Wills and churchwardens' accounts tell us of very simple bequests such as wall painting, church ales, candles and even livestock. It will be the role of the session to address the different motives of these patrons and to decide whether similar motives for benefaction were evident at different social levels. |