The rood in medieval Britain and Ireland, c.800-c.1500 / edited by Philippa Turner and Jane Hawkes.

The rood was central to medieval Christianity and its visual culture: Christ's death on the cross was understood as the means by which humankind was able to gain salvation, and depictions of the cross, and Christ's death upon it, were ubiquitous.0This volume brings together contributions o...

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Online Access:Electronic book from JSTOR
Other Authors: Turner, Philippa (Editor) Hawkes, Jane (Medievalist) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2020.
Series:Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture.
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