The use and abuse of sacred places in late medieval towns - De Smet, Marjan; Trio, Paul, 1958- (Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2006)
Heavenly quiet and the din of war: use and abuse of religious buildings for purposes of safety, defence and strategy / Marjan De Smet -- Weltliche Funktionen spätmittelalterlicher Pfarrkirchen in den nördlichen Niederlanden / Jan Kuys -- Praise the Lord for this peace!: the contribution of religious institutions to the ceremonial peace-proclamations in late medieval Flanders (1450-1550) / Jacoba van Leeuwen -- For eternal glory and remembrance: on the representation of patrons in late medieval panel paintings in the southern low countries / Brigitte Dekeyzer -- The liturgical dimension of royal representation / Jenny Rahel Oesterle -- Sakral oder Profan?: Der Kommunkiationsraum Kirche / Gabriela Signori -- Secular uses of the mendicant priories of medieval London / Jens Röhrkasten -- St Mary Graces: a Cistercian house in late medieval London / Emilia Jamroziak -- Mayor-making and other ceremonies: shared uses of sacred space among the Kentish Cinque Ports / Sheila Sweetinburgh -- The role of late medieval English monasteries as expressions of patronal authority: some case studies / Karen Stöber.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
8 English, 2 German contributions.
Keywords: Church and state -- History -- To 1500 -- Europe -- Congresses; Church buildings -- History -- To 1500 -- Europe -- Congresses; Heilige plaatsen; Heilige plaatsen; Religious architecture -- History -- To 1500 -- Europe -- Congresses; Sacred space -- History -- To 1500 -- Europe -- Congresses