The King's Bedpost
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The King's Bedpost by Margaret Aston
The King's Bedpost is a lavishly-illustrated detective story about a painting. Edward VI and the Pope is an important and fascinating visual allegory of the Reformation; but when and why was it painted? Following up a sequence of clues to answer these questions, the author embarks on a fascinating and unusual voyage of historical exploration that takes the reader into book illustration and scriptural iconography, Tudor religion and politics, anti-papal propaganda and iconoclastic manoeuvres. The discovery of previously unrecognised pictorial sources conclusively re-dates the painting, and opens a wide-ranging discussion of art and image-making under Edward VI and Elizabeth I. A large and varied cast of characters joins the Tudor monarchs as the tale unfolds and the painting ultimately becomes the key to a series of hitherto locked doors.
'… both a first rate piece of historical detection - quite as absorbing as any detective novel - and a splendid example of the part iconography can play in solving historical problems'History Today
' … brilliant and convincing … The learning which underpins Dr Aston's carefully-written, well-illustrated and entirely accessible book is truly prodigious.' Sir Keith Thomas, The Guardian
'Margaret Aston claims no more for her book than a hypothesis or 'a walk around the painting', but it is much more … She opens new insights into politics, religion and polemics in 16th century England and Europe …' Kevin Sharpe, The Spectator
' … brilliant and convincing … The learning which underpins Dr Aston's carefully-written, well-illustrated and entirely accessible book is truly prodigious.' Sir Keith Thomas, The Guardian
'Margaret Aston claims no more for her book than a hypothesis or 'a walk around the painting', but it is much more … She opens new insights into politics, religion and polemics in 16th century England and Europe …' Kevin Sharpe, The Spectator
Aston, Margaret: - Margaret Aston is an independent scholar of Medieval History. She has formerly taught at Oxford, Cambridge and the Catholic University, Washington DC. Her work focusses on dissent both before and during the Reformation and iconoclasm and her publications include The Fifteenth Century, Faith and Fire, The King's Bedpost and England's Iconoclasts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521484572 |
| ISBN 10 | 052148457X |
| Titel | The King's Bedpost |
| Autor | Margaret Aston |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Cambridge University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1995-05-18 |
| Seitenanzahl | 279 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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