Inward Purity and Outward Splendour: Death and Remembrance in the Deanery of Dunwich, Suffolk, 1370-1547

by Judith Middleton-Stewart

In the late-medieval churches of the former deanery of Dunwich there are many features which were provided by testamentary gifts, and this study of Suffolk wills written between 1370 and 1547 provides a broad background against which the 'Dead Men's Tributes and Gifts' of the title may be seen. The wills from fifty-two parishes are the most personal records of three thousand parishioners who wished to be remembered through their material and spiritual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085115820X
• ISBN13: 9780851158204
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"