The Rood in Medieval Britain and Ireland, C.800-C.1500

New readings demonstrate the centrality of the rood to the visual, material and devotional cultures of the Middle Ages, its richness and complexity.

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.
This volume brings together contributions offering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783275529
• ISBN13: 9781783275526
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"