Description |
xxvi, 374 p., [18] p. plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Love, Death and Biscuits -- Magical Metal, Silly Saints and Risible Relics : the Art and Artefacts of Popular Religion -- Licked into Shape : Animal Symbolism -- Why Englishmen Have Tails : Race, Nationality and Monstrosity -- Signs of Infamy : the Iconography of Humiliation and Insult -- The Fool and the Attributes of Folly -- Shoeing the Goose : Proverbs and Proverbial Follies -- Nonsense, Pure and Applied -- Narratives - Heroic and Not So Heroic -- Hearts and Flowers and Parrots : the Iconography of Love -- Who Wears the Trousers : Gender Relations -- Wicked Willies with Wings : Sex and Sexuality -- Tailpiece : the Uses of Scatology -- Conclusion. |
Subject |
Art, Medieval -- England -- Themes, motives.
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Civilization, Secular, in art.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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Civilization, Medieval, in art.
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Folk art -- Europe -- History.
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Art, Medieval -- Europe.
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Punishment -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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ISBN |
0275979806 |
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