IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 1207: Medieval Objects in Recusant Practice and Preservation
Wednesday 14 July 2004, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Virginia C. Raguin, Department of Visual Arts, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Virginia C. Raguin, Department of Visual Arts, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts |
| Paper 1207-a | English Medieval Mystery Plays in Recusant Practice and Preservation (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Performance Arts - Drama, Religious Life |
| Paper 1207-b | Medieval Devotional Manuscripts in Recusant Practice and Preservation (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1207-c | English Benedictines: Collectors and Historians (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Abstract | During this time of suppression, 1536 to 1839, Catholics were instrumental in keeping books, metalwork, textiles, paintings, stained glass, and statuary hidden from Protestant iconoclastic attacks and in acquiring clandestinely objects of piety from abroad or commissioned locally. Works such as the Book of Margery Kempe and the Towneley Cycle of plays, as well as almost all English textile and metalwork have survived from the Middle Ages as the result of this process. This session will explore the role of Catholics in preserving the Middle Ages and in advocating its rediscovery. |